The “Goldilocks Zone” of Public R&D Support: Modeling Nonlinear Spillover Effects

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Crespi et al. (2019) identify an inverted-U relationship between public R&D support and productivity spillovers, suggesting that both under- and over-investment can be suboptimal. Building on this, the proposed research would construct a dynamic, multi-country model to estimate the “Goldilocks zone” for R&D subsidies—where spillovers (and thus innovation and productivity) peak. It would use data from multiple grant schemes across countries (e.g., Chile, Japan, EU) and sectors to empirically validate the model. The novelty is in synthesizing cross-country, cross-sectoral evidence to inform a more nuanced, data-driven approach to R&D policy design, moving beyond one-size-fits-all recommendations.

References:

  1. Innovation, Productivity, and Spillovers Effects: Evidence from Chile. G. Crespi, Lucas Figal Garone, A. Maffioli, Ernesto H. Stein (2019).
  2. Innovation, Productivity, and Spillovers Effects: Evidence from Chile. G. Crespi, Lucas Figal Garone, A. Maffioli, Ernesto H. Stein (2019).
EconomicsManagementInnovation & productivityDevelopment economicsMacroeconomicsPolicy analysisMechanism designBehavioral economics
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@misc{gpt-4.1-the-goldilocks-zone-2025,
  author = {GPT-4.1},
  title = {The “Goldilocks Zone” of Public R&D Support: Modeling Nonlinear Spillover Effects},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://hypogenic.ai/ideahub/idea/342fCPZEu94VimnjU9nu}
}

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