Will the real R&D employees please stand up? Effects of tax breaks on firm-level outcomes
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Keywords
R&D; Tax credits; Quasi-experiment; Difference-in-differences;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
- O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
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