Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-039 // 2016

    Estimating the Local Average Treatment Effect of R&D Subsidies in a Pan-European Program

    We investigate the effect of Europe's largest multilateral subsidy program for R&D-performing, small and medium-sized enterprises on firm growth. The program was organized under a specific budget allocation…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-038 // 2016

    Social Infrastructure and Productivity of Manufacturing Firms – Evidence from Pakistan

    Does investment in social infrastructure affect the productivity of manufacturing firms in developing countries? To test this question, I empirically investigate the impact of social infrastructure indicators at…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-036 // 2016

    Knowledge Creates Markets: The Influence of Entrepreneurial Support and Patent Rights on Academic Entrepreneurship

    We use an exogenous change in German Federal law to examine how entrepreneurial support and the ownership of patent rights influence academic entrepreneurship. In 2002, the German Federal Government enacted a…

  4. Expertises // 2016

    Mapping the regional embeddedness of the NMP programme. Final report of the project

    The aim of this study is to analyse how research and innovation activities, funded by the Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, Materials, New Production Technologies (NMP) and the Industrial Biotechnology (B)…