the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which … innovation even in less specific Conventional topics. The results suggest that government (and perhaps private sector) innovation …

Many writers have claimed that R&D has two 'faces'. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R … important in this catch up process as well as stimulating innovation directly. Trade, by contrast, plays a more modest role in …

The two aspects of research and development (R&D) involving the stimulation of innovation and the facilitation of …-1990. An empirical framework is used in which innovation and technology transfer provide two potential sources of productivity … innovation and technology transfer across a wide range of specifications. Conclusions show econometric evidence that the impact …

There is little econometric study of how governments should procure innovation. One choice facing policymakers is …” approach). We exploit a natural experiment in the widely emulated Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. From 2018 … commercial innovation measured by VC funding and patenting. By contrast, Conventional awards have no effects on these outcomes …