Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63933 
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Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Discussion Papers No. 1097
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Subsidies to commercial R&D can be given as R&D tax credits or through direct grants. Tax incentives have become an increasingly popular policy tool over the last decades. In this note I discuss the pros and cons of the two forms of subsidies in light of Norway’s experience with R&D policy. I review an ongoing evaluation of the Norwegian R&D tax credit introduced in 2002 and reflect on whether it is desirable for Finland to introduce a similar scheme. I suggest that this is not desirable. If Finland introduces an R&D tax credit, I argue that it should be limited to small and medium sized companies.
Subjects: 
R&D policy
R&D subsidy
R&D tax credit
Finland
Norway
JEL: 
H25
O38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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