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Market Incentives for Business Innovation: Results from Canada

Charles Bérubé, Marc Duhamel, Daniel Ershov. 2012. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 12(1), 47-65.

Abstract

This paper studies how market incentives shape business innovation using evidence from Canada. It links competitive conditions and firm incentives to observed innovation outcomes.

Main Finding

Canadian firm evidence links market incentives and competitive conditions to observed innovation outcomes.

Policy Relevance

Innovation policy should consider how market incentives shape firms' returns to innovation.

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