Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73364 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
BGPE Discussion Paper No. 66
Publisher: 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE), Nürnberg
Abstract: 
Government subsidies for R&D are intended to promote projects with high returns to society but too little private returns to be beneficial for private investors. This may be caused by spillovers or a low appropriability rate. Apart from the direct funding of these projects, government grants may serve as a signal for good investments for private investors. We use a simple signaling model with different types of R&D projects to capture this phenomenon. In a setup where the subsidy can only be used to distinguish between high and low risk projects, government agency's signal is not very helpful for banks. However, if the subsidy is accompanied by a quality signal, it can lead to increased or better selected private investments.
Subjects: 
Subsidies
Innovation
Asymmetric Information
Signaling
JEL: 
D82
G28
H20
O33
O38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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