Public Funding of R&D and Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from Finland

This study considers employment and productivity growth generated by the public funding of R&D using linked employer-employee data in Finland. Public subsidies, instrumented by available public R&D funding in the industry/region, have a positive effect on productivity growth in small and medium-sized firms and in firms close to the top of their field in productivity.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Piekkola, H.
Published in:	Economics of Innovation and New Technology. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1043-8599. - Vol. 16.2007, 3, p. 195-210
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals
Subject:	R&D \| Public expenditures \| Endogenous growth \| Linked employer-employee data

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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