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		| Alessandra  Catozzella and Marco  Vivarelli | 
	
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		| ''The possible adverse impact of innovation subsidies: some evidence from a bivariate switching model'' | 
	
		| ( 2012, Vol. 32 No.1 ) | 
	
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		| The impact of public funding is estimated using firm-level Italian data. Results from a bivariate endogenous switching model show that innovative productivity is negatively affected by the innovation subsidy; far from ‘doing better' as a result of government intervention, supported firms appear to exhaust their advantage through merely increasing their innovative expenditures. | 
	
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		| Keywords: innovation subsidy,  policy evaluation,  product innovation,  bivariate endogenous switching model | 
	
		| JEL: O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development: General 
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		| | Manuscript Received : Jan 13 2012 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Feb 16 2012 | 
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