Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/212068 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers No. 10/2007
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Helsinki
Abstract: 
We show theoretically that a proportional R&D subsidy accelerates innovation activity at all degrees of competition in the modern Schumpeterian growth model, but less so at high degrees of competition. We then use company-level data on patenting activity, product market competition and R&D subsidies of Finnish firms during 1990 2001 to test the theoretical prediction. The empirical findings can be summarized as follows. Firstly, we find relatively strong evidence in favour of the inverted U-shape between competition and innovation. Secondly, we find some evidence that a direct R&D subsidy increases innovative activity at all but very high degrees of competition. This can be interpreted so mean that the R&D subsidy reinforces the Schumpeterian effect due to the negative cross-effect of R&D subsidy and competition. This is evident from the finding that an increase in the R&D subsidy steepens the inverted U relationship when competition is fierce.
Subjects: 
competition
innovation
R&D subsidies
patents
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ISBN: 
978-952-462-369-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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