FISCAL MEASURES FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION: CASES OF SLOVENIA, SLOVAKIA AND BELARUS

• Authors: Hauptman Lidija , Kubicová Jana , Rudy Kiryl , Mulej Matjaž
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Following the institutional part of the economic transition and the legal/political involvement in European integration process, the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) must promote their innovation capacity and competitiveness through innovative processes and products to attain the real transition. This article analyses fiscal measures with the intention to disclose tax incentives design of three CEEC being or not being EU Member States - Slovenia, Slovakia and Belarus. The authors research whether three small open transitional economies pay enough attention to enhancing innovation by tax measures. The results of comparative analyses have shown that three CEEC have chosen different approaches and models to improve the tax treatment of Research, Development and Innovation (RDI). The differences are essential.

Keywords

EN

BELARUS; FISCAL MEASURES; RESEARCH - DEVELOPMENT - INNOVATION; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 263-277
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Hauptman Lidija

• University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business Maribor, Razlagova 20, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

author

Kubicová Jana

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Rudy Kiryl

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Mulej Matjaž

• Lidija Hauptman, University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business Maribor, Department of Accounting and Auditing, Razlagova 20, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09SKAAAA065926