The present Thesis, in the form of a collection of three essays, provides a contribution to the
literature on the effects of the public support to innovation activities. The first paper aims at …

The evaluation of the additionality of innovation policies is focused on the net effects that
would not have occurred in absence of the public intervention. In this paper, we review the …

The present paper aims to analyse the innovation policies implemented in Italy and Spain. It
adopts a multi-level perspective to investigate the effects induced by regional and national …

The concept of additionality, when public interventions are considered, can be synthesised
as the net effects that would not have occurred in the absence of the intervention of the …

The paper aims at evaluating the additionality of innovation policy in terms of innovative
behaviours at the regional level. Innovation behaviours are distinguished, depending on …

This paper aims to evaluate the additionality of innovation policy in terms of innovative
behaviours at the regional level. Innovative behaviours are identified both within and across …

The empirical evidence concerning the impact of R&D subsidies on both sides of the
innovation process (input and output) and the overall performance of the firm is mixed …

Previous policy evaluation literature mainly aimed at estimating the additional effect of public
support on either firms' innovative inputs or innovative outputs. This paper is an attempt to …

This paper provides evidence on the effectiveness of R&D incentives to private firms
allocated by Region Umbria in the period between 2004 and 2009. The methodological …

Building on a standard policy evaluation literature mainly aimed at estimating the additional
effect of subsidies on either firms' innovative expenditures or innovative outputs only, this …