RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 The impact of economic policy uncertainty and monetary policy on R&D investment: An option pricing approach A1 Horra Ruiz, Luis Pablo de la A1 Perote Peña, Javier A1 Fuente Herrero, Gabriel de la K1 Monetary policy K1 Política monetaria K1 Research and development K1 Investigación y desarrollo AB This paper adopts a real options approach to investigate the effects of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and monetary policy on R&D investment. Using a panel of U.S. firms over the period 2000-2019, we show that higher (lower) EPU and contractionary (expansionary) monetary policy exert a positive (negative) and significant influence on R&D investment. Our findings shed light on the counter-intuitive behavior of R&D investments, which may help policymakers to anticipate such collateral effects. PB Elsevier SN 0165-1765 YR 2022 FD 2022 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/52497 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/52497 LA eng NO Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 214, 110413 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 12-nov-2024