Research output as an Innovation Policy Research Cluster: Claudia De Fuentes, Joniada Milla, Hao Lu, Joseph Jung.
Publications
Working Papers
“Government Subsidies as a Risk-Sharing Policy Tool in Innovation Investment,” Hao Lu, Claudia De Fuentes, Joniada Milla and Soheil Ahmadi. IZA Discussion Paper No. 15725. https://docs.iza.org/dp15725.pdf (Under Review)
“The impact of government clean technology innovation support on corporate energy-related R&D expenditures: Transition to low carbon economy.” Joseph Jung, Claudia De Fuentes, Lu Hao and Joniada Milla (Under Review)
“The Impact of Innovation Subsidies in Atlantic Canada,” Joniada Milla, Claudia De Fuentes, Hao Lu and Joseph Jung.
Work-in-Progress
“Determinants of clean technology innovation: Does clean-tech support to innovation pay off?” Claudia De Fuentes, Joseph Jung, Hao Lu and Joniada Milla.
“Assessing the Impact of Government Clean Technology Innovation Support Programs on Corporate Energy-related R&D Expenditures,” Joseph Jung, Claudia De Fuentes, Hao Lu, and Joniada Milla.
“Effectiveness of an Innovation Policy Mix: Evidence from Canada,” Joniada Milla, Claudia De Fuentes, Joseph Jung, and Hao Lu.
For a detailed account of our members’ individual research activities please visit their websites:
- Dr. Joniada Milla: https://sites.google.com/view/joniadamilla/
- Dr. Claudia De Fuentes: https://www.smu.ca/claudia-de-fuentes/index.html
- Dr. Hao Lu: https://www.smu.ca/researchers/sobey/profiles/hao-leo-lu.html
- Dr. Joseph Jung: https://sites.google.com/view/josephjung/home
Grants
External Grants
2023 – 2025
Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance (RPIA) Research Grant, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
Title: Impact Assessment of Government Support for Transformational Innovation.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Claudia De Fuentes.
Co-investigators: Dr. Joniada Milla, Dr. Hao Lu.
Amount: $99,800.00.
2020 – 2022
Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance (RPIA) Research Grant, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
Title: Crowding-in or crowding-out? Analysis of innovation government support for firms located in Canada.
Principal investigator: Dr. Claudia De Fuentes.
Co-investigators: Dr. Joniada Milla.
Amount: $87,500.00.
Internal Grants
2020 – 2024
Sobey Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Grant, Saint Mary’s University.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Claudia De Fuentes.
Co-investigators: Dr. Joniada Milla.
Amount: $55,000.00
Hired post-doctoral fellows and placement
Joseph Jung
2026-present: Research Associate, Saint Mary’s University
2023 - 2025: Post-doctoral fellow, Saint Mary’s University
Hao (Leo) Lu
2022-present: Associate Professor of Management, Saint Mary’s University
2020 - 2021: Post-doctoral fellow, Saint Mary’s University
Conferences
The Impact of Innovation Subsidies in Atlantic Canada
Presented by Joniada Milla at:
- 2025/03 Strategic Research Network Seminar, Data Science, Research and Development, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Virtual.
- 2025/05 Canadian Economic Association (CEA) Annual Meeting (virtual).
- 2025/08 International Conference on Empirical Economics (virtual).
Determinants of clean technology innovation: Does clean-tech support to innovation pay off?
Presented by Claudia De Fuentes at:
- 2025/11 Globelics International Conference, Pretoria, South Africa
- 2025/10 Atlantic Canada Economics Association Conference, St.John’s, NL, Canada - 10/2025
- 2025/02 Management Department Seminar Series, SMU
- 2025/06 DRUID 25, Rotman School of Management, U of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Assessing the impact of government clean technology innovation support programs: Transition to low carbon economy
Presented by Joseph Jung at:
- Korean Industrial Economic Association Conference, Chungju, Korea - 11/2025
- Research Spotlight Series, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada - 11/2025
- Atlantic Canada Economics Association Conference, St.John’s, NL, Canada - 10/2025
- DRUID 25, Rotman School of Management, U of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada - 6/2025
- 59th Canadian Economics Association Conference (virtual) - 5/2025
- Management Dept. Seminar, Sobey School of Business, Halifax, NS, Canada - 2/2025
- NACLICS PhD Academy, Halifax, NS, Canada - 6/2024
- Korea Causal Inference Summer Workshop (virtual) - 6/2024
- 58th Canadian Economics Association Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada - 6/2024
Government Clean Tech Subsidies and Corporate Innovation Strategies: In-House Commitment or Outsourced Flexibility?
Presented by Hao (Leo) Lu at:
- Atlantic Canada Economics Association Conference, St.John’s, NL, Canada - 10/2025
Invited panels/seminars
- 2026/02 Claudia De Fuentes, Joniada Milla, Joseph Jung. Quantitative Impact Assessment Workshop. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
- 2023/04 Claudia De Fuentes and Joniada Milla. OECD Workshop on STI systems in transitions: Effective approaches to address skills and capabilities needs. OECD, DSIT (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) and InnovateUK, United Kingdom (Invited Panel).