Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Flavia Roldán
Author-Name-First: Flavia
Author-Name-Last: Roldán
Author-Name: Santiago Acerenza
Author-Name-First: Santiago
Author-Name-Last: Acerenza
Author-Name: Martín Pereyra
Author-Name-First: Martín
Author-Name-Last: Pereyra
Author-Name: Liliana Gelabert
Author-Name-First: Liliana
Author-Name-Last: Gelabert
Title: How does public support for innovation affect cooperation between firms? Evidence from Uruguay
Abstract: In this paper we estimate the behavioural additionally of public support for innovation activities, on the decision to cooperate. Using Uruguayan data from
2007 to 2015, and controlling for endogeneity, we find that public support for innovation increases the likelihood of different types of cooperation agreements.  The empirical evidence suggests that public support leads to organizational changes within supported firms that increase their propensity to cooperate with other firms. The implications of these results are relevant for policy design as they contribute to the understanding of the unintended positive (or negative) impacts of public support for innovation on the behaviour of supported firms. We find that the Average Treatment Effect of public support on cooperation is 0.027. Which means that holding everything else constant, public support increases the probability of cooperating by 0.027.
Length:  15 pages
Creation-Date:  2022-11
File-URL: https://aaep.org.ar/works/works2022/4594.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 4594
Classification-JEL: H25, H81, L2, L60, M21, O3
Handle: RePEc:aep:anales:4594