Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121263 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IOS Working Papers No. 348
Publisher: 
Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Regensburg
Abstract: 
The paper studies financing constraints for R&D over the latest boom and bust episode in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Given that financial and venture capital markets in CEE are thin in comparison to those in high-income economies and that many of CEE countries experienced a credit crunch during the last recession, it is proposed that financing constraints have a significant adverse effect on R&D activity in these countries. The paper uses two complementary firm-level data-sources from ten CEE countries. The results suggest that the role of financing constraints for R&D expenditures in CEE countries is substantial, as the probability of credit constrained firms undertaking R&D activities is around 70% lower and firms' R&D expenditure cash flow sensitivity is very high. Despite the severity of the crisis, the adverse effect of financing constraints for R&D did not increase in the financial crisis. It is also confirmed that, conditional on credit constraints, firms' R&D activity is higher in a recession.
Subjects: 
R&D financing constraints
credit constraints
business cycle
Central and Eastern Europe
JEL: 
O16
O32
O52
E32
P23
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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