Arbeitspapier

Direct and cross-scheme effects in a research and development subsidy program

This study investigates the effects of an R&D subsidy scheme on participating firms' net R&D investment. Making use of a specific policy design in Belgium that explicitly distinguishes between research and development grants, we estimate direct and cross-scheme effects on research versus development intensities in recipients firms. We find positive direct effects from research (development) subsidies on net research (development) spending. This direct effect is larger for research grants than for development grants. We also find cross-scheme effects that may arise due to complementarity between research and development activities. Finally, we find that the magnitude of the treatment effects depends on firm size and age and that there is a minimum effective grant size, especially for research projects. The results support the view that public subsidies induce higher additional investment particularly in research where market failures are larger, even when the subsidies are targeting development.

ISBN
978-3-86304-151-9
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: DICE Discussion Paper ; No. 152

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Technological Change: Government Policy
Thema
R&D
Complementarity
Research Subsidies
Development Subsidies
Innovation Policy

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hottenrott, Hanna
Lopes-Bento, Cindy
Veugelers, Reinhilde
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
(wo)
Düsseldorf
(wann)
2014

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hottenrott, Hanna
  • Lopes-Bento, Cindy
  • Veugelers, Reinhilde
  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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