The impact of subsidies to R&D
empirical evidence on alternative assessment approaches
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https://doi.org/10.52712/issn.1850-0013-767Keywords:
technology policy, impact evaluation, additionality, behavioural additionality, R&D subsidiesAbstract
Through various policies, both industrialized and developing countries have spent the last two decades carrying out an intense promotion of knowledge based activities. Direct funding including subsidies and soft credits to finance R&D projects and tax incentives have been the most extended practices. Simultaneously, the implementation of all these S&T programs has arisen the need of public policy evaluation in order to quantify and assess the impact and effectiveness of the public sector’s intervention. Following the evolution of additionality criteria in policy evaluation, this article reviews the empirical evidence found in OECD and Latin American countries. Its main contribution is the addition of new conclusions to the already existing survey studies.
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