Fueling the fire? How government support drives technological progress and complexity
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- Carolin Nast & Tom Broekel & Doris Entner, 2024. "Fueling the Fire? How Government Support Drives Technological Progress and Complexity," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2407, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Apr 2024.
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Keywords
Innovation; Patents; Technological complexity; Government R&D;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
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