About BETA

The BETA (Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée) is a joint research laboratory of the UdS (Université de Strasbourg) and of the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). Created in 1972, it now includes 160 researchers (2/3 permanent and 1/3 PhDs and postdocs) and is one of the leading research centres in the field of economics and management science. One domain of specialization covers economics of innovation, including STI policies. The BETA has acquired an acknowledged competence in the evaluation of R&D programmes. It has developed the so-called "BETA approach", which has been extensively used for an ex-post evaluation of some of the economic impacts of a large variety of programmes launched by public authorities to support research and innovation.