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Do R&D Investments Affect Export Performance?

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  • Valdemar Smith

    (The Aarhus School of Business)

  • Erik Strøjer Madsen

    (The Aarhus School of Business)

  • Mogens Dilling-Hansen

    (School of Business Administration, University of Aarhus)

Abstract

This paper analyses the role of R&D in the export behaviour of Danish firms. Export behaviour is defined as the likelihood of a firm being an exporter. In the theoretical part of the paper it is argued that export and being R&D active are endogenous with respect to each other, and an empirical model is formulated in order to estimate which factors affect the firm's export. It is argued that besides R&D, firm size, wages and a number of other firm-specific factors controlling for risks are highly important for the export performance. In the empirical part of the paper the model is tested on a sample of 3,500 Danish firms. Using a FIML estimation form in order to deal with endogeneity problems between the R&D and export decisions of the firms, the computation clearly verifies the theoretical model put forward. Moreover, R&D is an important factor for being an exporting firm.

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Paper provided by University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Industrial Economics in its series CIE Discussion Papers with number 2002-09.

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Length: 14 pages
Date of creation: Dec 2002
Handle: RePEc:kud:kuieci:2002-09
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Keywords: firm behaviour; export; R&D;

Find related papers by JEL classification:

  • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
  • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
  • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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  1. Mogens Dilling-Hansen & Tor Eriksson & Erik Strøjer Madsen & Valdemar Smith, 1998. "Market Structure, Publicly and Privately Financed R&D Spending. Empirical Evidence for Denmark," CIE Discussion Papers 1998-20, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Industrial Economics.
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  4. Tavassoli, Sam, 2013. "The Role of Product Innovation Output on Export Behavior of Firms," CITR Working Paper Series 2013/05, Center for Innovation and Technology Research, Blekinge Institute of Technology.
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  6. Abhigyan Sarkar, 2011. "An Analysis of Indian Export in Post-Liberalization Era," Annals - Economic and Administrative Series -, Faculty of Business and Administration, University of Bucharest, vol. 5(1), pages 207-220, December.
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  8. Fabian Unterlass, 2013. "The relationship between innovation, exports and economic performance. Empirical evidence for 21 EU countries," EcoMod2013 5655, EcoMod.
  9. Ainura Uzagalieva & Evžen Kocenda & Antonio Menezes, 2010. "Technological Imitation and Innovation in New European Union Markets," CESifo Working Paper Series 3039, CESifo Group Munich.
  10. Alarcón, Silverio & Sánchez, Mercedes, 2016. "Is there a virtuous circle relationship between innovation activities and exports? A comparison of food and agricultural firms," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 70-79.
  11. Stefan Lachenmaier & Ludger Woessmann, 2004. "Does Innovation Cause Exports? Evidence from Exogenous Innovation Impulses and Obstacles," CESifo Working Paper Series 1178, CESifo Group Munich.
  12. Dobdinga Cletus Fonchamnyo & Vukenkeng Andrew Wujung, 2016. "Innovation and Export Performance: An Empirical Insight on the Effect of Innovation on Manufacturing Firms in Cameroon," Applied Economics and Finance, Redfame publishing, vol. 3(4), pages 123-133, November.
  13. Nebojsa Stojcic & Djuro Benic & Petra Karanikic, 2014. "Regional determinants of export competitiveness in Croatian manufacturing industry," Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci/Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics, vol. 32(2), pages 193-212.
  14. Sahoo, Bimal Kishore & Nauriyal, D.K., 2014. "Trends in and determinants of technical efficiency of software companies in India," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 36(3), pages 539-561.

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