Clusters of knowledge-intensive industries and manufacturing industries form industrial agglomeration in Step I and activate innovation in Step II. Industry clusters are formed by building segments. "Construction sequencing" in the construction industry refers to the process of determining the...

This working paper explores how funding requirements enable transdisciplinary research (TDR) for sustainable development in Africa, focusing on German public funders and their TDR programmes in sustainable land management and agricultural development. It consolidates experiences from Global...

The paper evaluates the impact of the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) grants on profit‐oriented firms' post‐treatment performance. Using a quasi‐experimental design and a dataset covering applicants from 46 countries, we find that FP7 grants increase firms' sales...

This article examines the relationship between the adoption of digital technologies and the corporate commitment to environmental protection, while also exploring whether this relationship is strengthened by public financial support. Using a sample of 1,616 Spanish manufacturing firms and...

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between public opinion of science and technology (S&T), government support to the Artificial intelligence (AI) sector, and AI startups across countries. By controlling for other macro determinants of business formation and applying OLS,...

We analyze the equilibrium effects of different subsidies on target goods under both perfectly competitive and monopolistic market structures. We concentrate our analysis on three particularly common forms of subsidies: (i) a per-unit subsidy, (ii) an ad valorem subsidy, and (iii) an "inversely...

I study the role of green research and development (R&D) subsidies under different environmental policies. Using a stylized equilibrium model calibrated to the European electricity sector, I analyze the effects of R&D subsidies under (1) an emission tax, (2) an emission cap, and (3) no...

The Policy Support Facility (PSF) offers expert-based support to national authorities in the development and implementation of research and innovation (R&I) policy reforms. Through independent expert advice and mutual learning, the PSF enables countries to advance strategic R&I priorities and...

Research Infrastructures (RIs) are key components of Europe's knowledge system and serve a strategic purpose. In the context of the European Research Area (ERA), RIs enable excellent science, foster international collaboration, advance the digital and green transitions, and reinforce Europe's...

We analyze the equilibrium effects of different subsidies on target goods under both perfectly competitive and monopolistic market structures. We concentrate our analysis on three particularly common forms of subsidies: (i) a per-unit subsidy, (ii) an ad valorem subsidy, and (iii) an "inversely...

Im Jahr 2020 wurde mit der Forschungszulage eine steuerliche Förderung von Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) in Unternehmen eingeführt. Sie setzt Anreize für die Erhöhung der FuE-Aufwendungen, da ein Teil dieser Aufwendungen steuerlich geltend gemacht werden kann, wodurch die Kosten für FuE...

The Research Fund for Coal and Steel has made significant contributions to the European Green Deal and contributes through its steel-related research and innovation projects to the Clean Steel Partnership, the EU's new industrial strategy and the sustainable Europe investment plan. The fund's...

This working paper aims to provide the reader with information on the topical focus of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, comparing the results with the topical focus at both national and regional levels worldwide. We find that there is a partial disconnect between the topics that were funded...

The objective of this paper is to gain insight in and compare the macroeconomic effects of increasing wage subsidies for researchers in Belgium in different industries. Starting from the observation that the implicit wage subsidy rate for R&D workers is not distributed evenly across industries,...

This booklet shows that the projects' results delivered in 2024 provide valuable insights and practical solutions to real-world border security challenges. SEMS4USV advances the use of sustainable energy in unmanned vehicles for maritime surveillance, SWEETIDS explores innovations in document...

This booklet shows that the projects' results delivered in 2024 provide valuable insights and practical solutions to real-world border security challenges. SEMS4USV advances the use of sustainable energy in unmanned vehicles for maritime surveillance, SWEETIDS explores innovations in document...

To counter the threat of deindustrialization due to soaring energy prices and facilitate a green transition, policymakers have devised new subsidy schemes such as the "bridge electricity price" (BEP). To analyze this, we develop a model, where the principal introduces a subsidy program to...

Relatively poor transfer of knowledge from higher education to the market remains a concern in Europe, universities being involved in at most 10% of all patented inventions. We examine the role of university funding in patenting, addressing three key research gaps: (i) the limited,...

This working paper explores how funding requirements enable transdisciplinary research (TDR) for sustainable development in Africa, focusing on German public funders and their TDR programmes in sustainable land management and agricultural development. It consolidates experiences from Global...

This paper investigates the causal effect of funding research and development (R&D) cooperation with public universities on the performance of firms. We use comprehensive firm-level panel data from Switzerland that spans from 2010 to 2022 and covers a broad set of variables including the...

The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on Excellent Science under Horizon Europe. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's interim evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.

The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon Europe. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's interim evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.

The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon Europe. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's interim evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.

This evaluation study, performed in line with the Better Regulation Guidelines, serves as an input into the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2021-2027. Established by Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the...

Drawing on a longitudinal database of Belgian firms over the years 2014-2020, this study investigates the joint effect of R&D grants and R&D tax credits on R&D inputs and innovation outputs. We estimate Conditional Difference-in-Difference (CDiD) models and apply both treatment effects...

This paper investigates the causal effect of funding research and development (R&D) cooperation with public universities on the performance of firms. We use comprehensive firm-level panel data from Switzerland that spans from 2010 to 2022 and covers a broad set of variables including the...

STEP is a new EU regulation entered into force on 1 March 2024. It aims to strengthen EU's industrial competitiveness and sovereignty by funding the development and manufacturing of critical technologies in the EU, reinforcing their value chains, and reducing shortages of required labour and...

STEP is a new EU regulation entered into force on 1 March 2024. It aims to strengthen EU's industrial competitiveness and sovereignty by funding the development and manufacturing of critical technologies in the EU, reinforcing their value chains, and reducing shortages of required labour and...

We examine whether government sponsored R&D induces the development of clean technologies with a high impact on subsequent technological development. The analysis uses information on USPTO patents granted between 2005 and 2015 and combines different methods to control for possible sorting of...

Drawing on the case of the the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), we examine the impact of fundamental research funding on college graduates' employment. Our findings indicate that an increase in total funding is positively associated with higher monthly salaries and lower...