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Eficacia de los incentivos fiscales a la inversión en I+D en España en los años noventa

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  • Desiderio Romero Jordán

    (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)

  • José Félix Sanz Sanz

    (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

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Este trabajo analiza la eficacia de los incentivos fiscales a la inversión en I+D en España. Para ello se utiliza una muestra de empresas manufactureras referida al período 1990 a 2001. Los resultados muestran que el crédito fiscal, y en menor medida las amortizaciones, son instrumentos adecuados para reducir el precio de la I+D. Sin embargo, la respuesta de la inversión a tales variaciones en precio es moderada ya que las elasticidades oscilan entre -0,98 y -1,01. Asimismo, cada unidad monetaria adicional de gasto fiscal genera entre 1,24 y 1,26 unidades monetarias de inversión bruta. Por último, los resultados indican que la relación entre activos fijos productivos e I+D es muy débil.

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  • Desiderio Romero Jordán & José Félix Sanz Sanz, 2007. "Eficacia de los incentivos fiscales a la inversión en I+D en España en los años noventa," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 183(4), pages 9-32, december.
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    Keywords

    I+D; incentivos fiscales; elasticidad; coste-eficacia;
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    JEL classification:

    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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