Chapter 13: A counterfactual analysis
Albert Link https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5559-9127
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Martijn van Hasselt
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Chapter
Published:
17 Mar 2023
Page Range:
112–120
Collection:
Business 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802205596.00024
Keywords:
Program evaluation; Government failure; Phase II SBIR projects; Gender firm ownership; Minority firm ownership
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An often-used evaluation method is counterfactual analysis. By funding agencies, survey responses related to the fact that some firms reported that they would have pursued the Phase II research project in the absence of SBIR funding are presented descriptively. And, what might be called as government failure, such counterfactual action is shown to be related to ownership gender and minority status, and to the presence of various elements of productive capital.

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Cover Small Firms and U.S. Technology Policy
Small Firms and U.S. Technology Policy
Monograph Book
Published:
17 Mar 2023
Print ISBN:
9781802205589
eISBN:
9781802205596
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802205596
Pages:
156
Collection:
Business 2023
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