Does the effect of public support for r & d depend on the degree of appropriability?

Liliana Gelabert, Andrea Fosfuri, Josep A. TribÓ

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Abstract

We explore the interaction between public support for R & D and appropriability using a dataset constructed from the Spanish Community Innovation Survey, for the period 2000-2005. We find that public support policy is less able to stimulate privately financed internal R & D in firms where appropriability mechanisms are more effective. On average, the effect of public support for R & D is three times larger for those firms reporting a level of appropriability below the median vis-à-vis those firms for which appropriability is above the median level. Furthermore, for supported firms with the highest degree of appropriability, crowding out cannot be ruled out.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)736-767
Number of pages32
JournalJournal of Industrial Economics
Volume57
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2009

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