Business investment in research and development (R&D) makes a key contribution to rising living standards. Firms …&D performed in Canada, so government support for R&D is justified. However, we do not find any empirical evidence to support the …

This paper deals with the effects of publicly funded research on regional technological progress and economic growth … further extend the existing empirical literature on the role of publicly funded research for economic development by … differentiating between public research activities conducted by universities, technical colleges (Fachhochschulen) and non …

-98 -- David C. Mowery (1983), 'Industrial Research and Firm Size, Survival, and Growth in American Manufacturing, 1921-46: An …-24 -- Richard R. Nelson (1959), 'The Simple Economics of Basic Scientific Research', Journal of Political Economy, 67 (3), June, 297 …), September, 569-96 -- Suzanne Scotchmer (1991), 'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Cumulative Research and the Patent Law …

perform contract research or recently invested in R&D capital are more responsive to a change in the after-tax cost of R&D. We …

In 2004, Canada changed the eligibility rules for its Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SRED) tax …