Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128848 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
WIFO Working Papers No. 313
Publisher: 
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna
Abstract: 
This paper reviews the major finance-related causes of private under-investment in innovation and the consequent alternative choices for public policy. The focus is on incentive-based arguments that address the problem of limited appropriability of new knowledge, and on the lacking access to external sources of finance caused by imperfections in the capital market. Drawing a policy mind map, which aims to enhance the mutual awareness and coordination of policy makers at the crossroads of technology and corporate finance, the paper is organised along the following chain of thought: causes and rationales, aims and targets, critical constraints, and the main finance-related instruments of innovation policy.
Subjects: 
technological change
corporate finance
innovation policy
fiscal incentives
venture capital
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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