Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Mohnen, Pierre
Author-Email: p.mohnen@merit.unimaas.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University
Author-Name: Bérubé, Charles
Author-Workplace-Name: Industry Canada
Title: Are Firms That Received R&D Subsidies More Innovative?
Abstract: This paper looks at the effectiveness of R&D grants for Canadian plants 
	 that already benefit from R&D tax credits. Using a non-parametric 
	 matching estimator, we find that firms that benefited from both policy 
	 measures introduced more new products than their counterparts that only 
	 benefited from R&D tax incentives. They also made more world-first 
	 product innovations and were more successful in commercializing their 
	 innovations.
Classification-JEL: O31, O32, O38, C13, H25
Keywords: Innovations, R&D, Matching Estimators, Mahalanobis, Innovation Survey,
	 Tax Credits, Grants
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2007
Number: 2007-015
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2007/wp2007-015.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2007015