Taymaz, Erol [Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University] and Yeşim Üçdoğruk [Department of Economics, Dokuz Eylül University]
This paper is partly based on an evaluation study on the effects of R&D support programs financed by the Technology Development Foundation of Turkey (1 August 2007).
We estimated demand functions for researchers by using panel data on R&D performing manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 1993-2001. Estimation results show that R&D support receiving firms increase substantially their demand for researchers.....