Showing 1 - 10 of 16
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003349703
Research productivity depends on the ability to discern whether an idea is promising, and a willingness to abandon the ones that are not. Economists know little about this process, however, because empirical studies of innovation typically begin with a sample of issued patents or published...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926402
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011885445
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011813964
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418668
We use a change in Canadian tax law to examine how small private firms respond to the R&D tax credit. Our estimates imply an R&D user-cost elasticity above unity. Contract R&D expenditures are more elastic than the R&D wage bill. Firms that perform contract research or recently invested in R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958868
In 2004, Canada changed the eligibility rules for its Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SRED) tax credit, which provides tax incentives for R&D conducted by small private firms. Difference in difference estimates show a seventeen percent increase in total R&D among eligible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044985
Maryann Feldman’s research asked what determines whether individual faculty members at universities actively engage in the commercialization of their research. She shows that peer effects and prior training matter. A faculty member is more likely to engage in commercialization if his or her...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005526185
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001119353
This paper analyzes factors that shape the technological capabilities of individual U.S. states and European countries, which are arguably comparable policy units. The analysis demonstrates convergence in technological capabilities from 2000 to 2007. The results indicate that social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014041363