Die Auswirkungen der Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik auf die Innovationsaktivitäten ostdeutscher Unternehmen

Since the German reunification, East-German firms are prioritized in public policy schemes. This study analyzes the impact of public technology policies on innovation of firms located in East-Germany. The main question is whether public funding stimulates innovation activities or whether crowding-out effects between public and private means occur. A non-parametric matching approach is applied to investigate this question empirically. It turns out that the subsidized East-German companies would have invested remarkably less if they had not participated in public innovation policy schemes