Science and R&D

Enhanced Tax Incentives for R&D Would Make Americans Richer
The United States continues to fall far behind comparable countries in the level of tax support it provides to spur research and development. Increasing the R&D credit would boost American’s real incomes through innovation, productivity, and competitiveness.
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September 8, 2020
Enhanced Tax Incentives for R&D Would Make Americans Richer
The United States continues to fall far behind comparable countries in the level of tax support it provides to spur research and development. Increasing the R&D credit would boost American’s real incomes through innovation, productivity, and competitiveness.
August 25, 2020
Debunking the Myth That Federal R&D Investment “Crowds Out” Private R&D
The scholarly evidence finds that public R&D “crowds in” private R&D—with increases in public R&D on average leading to greater, not less, business R&D.
August 10, 2020
Fact of the Week: Counties That Received Large Public R&D Investments in WWII Went on to Produce 30 Percent More Patents in 1970
A new study finds that prior to the war, patenting in counties that received large amounts of OSRD funding had been in line with other counties, but then they diverged significantly, increasing patenting by 30 percent in 1970 relative to other counties.
July 6, 2020
Fact of the Week: Doubling the Number of Public Sector Researchers Can Increase Productivity Growth By Up to 21 Percent
A new study examines the number of researchers in the public and private sectors between 1981 and 2017 across 20 OECD countries, finding that a doubling of private researchers increases productivity growth by 4.3 to 7.2 percent, while doubling public researchers increases productivity growth by 6.1 to 20.6 percent.
June 29, 2020
Fact of the Week: Twenty-Eight Percent of Patents by U.S. Inventors in 2017 Relied on Federal Research
A substantial portion of patents (28.2 percent in 2017) rely on government-funded research.
June 15, 2020
Fact of the Week: Chinese Firms Led By A CEO Without A College Degree File 28 Percent Fewer Patent Applications
Researchers estimate that Chinese companies with a CEO who has less than a college degree invest 1.6 percent less of their assets into R&D and file 28 percent fewer patent applications.
June 8, 2020
Podcast: The Real History of Silicon Valley and the Lessons It Holds for Innovation Policy Today, With Special Guest Margaret O’Mara
What many don’t realize is how important federal investments were in kick-starting the growth of Silicon Valley and other tech hubs in the past.
May 4, 2020
Solving the Surveyor’s Dilemma: Estimating Future Returns From Innovation Program Investments
As policymakers consider the value of small business innovation programs, they should understand that their returns on investment are considerably larger than conventional estimates indicate.
April 27, 2020
Fact of the Week: Start-ups That Utilize Public Research Institutes are 5.3 Percentage Points More Likely to Innovate
Public research institutes (PRIs) are government-owned non-academic centers designed to collaborate with other research groups. They are a key complement to firms’ own R&D investments, although they are often overshadowed.
April 6, 2020
Fact of the Week: Industries That Depend on External Financing Suffer 9.3 Percent Deeper Drops in Their Patenting Rates Than Other Industries do After a Banking Crisis
In the wake of economic downturns, companies are forced to cut costs, often turning to R&D activities, which have a low impact on short-term revenue. A new study has isolated one of the mechanisms through which this takes place by examining patenting in the years after different kinds of economic crises.

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