Unleash liquidity constraints or competitiveness potential: the impact of R&D grant on external financing on innovation

• Byunggeor Moon ^[1]
  1. [1] Sungkyunkwan University

     Sungkyunkwan University

     Corea del Sur

     
• Localización: European Research on Management and Business Economics, ISSN 2444-8834, Vol. 28, Nº. 3, 2022, págs. 40-49
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2022.100195
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  • This paper uses Korea’s internal data on R&D programs to analyze how the receiving of R&D impacts the amount of subsequent external financing for technological innovation received by R&D firms. We address sample selection and endogeneity issues that arise when estimating the impact of R&D policy by utilizing a matching method using unique features of Korea’s R&D grant programs. Our empirical results show that firms that receive R&D grants further receive 22%-32% less external financing compared to those who do not receive R&D grants, though there are some differences in the statistical significance of the results based on the specification of the regression model. This is consistent with the view that R&D grants reduce firms’ liquidity constraints, or that government support effectively crowds out funding from the financial market

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