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A Financial Comparison of Corporate Research & Development (R&D) Determinants: The United States and The Republic of Korea

한국과 미국 자본시장에서의 연구개발비 비중에 관한 재무적 결정요인 분석

  • Kim, Hanjoon (Division of Business Administration, Hoseo University)
  • 김한준 (호서대학교 사회과학대학 경영학부)
  • Received : 2018.04.30
  • Accepted : 2018.07.06
  • Published : 2018.07.31
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Abstract

Given the ongoing debate in many aspects of finance, more attention may need to focus on corporate R&D expenditures. This study empirically tests financial determinants of R&D expenditures for NYSE-listed and KOSPI-listed firms. Three major hypotheses were postulated to test for corporate R&D outlay. First, proposed variables such as one-year lagged R&D expenditures, market value based leverage, profitability and cash holdings showed significant influence on corporate R&D costs for the sample firms. Moreover, financial factors inclusive of squared one-year lagged R&D expenditures, the interaction effect between one-lagged R&D expenditures and high-growth firm, non-debt tax shield, Tobin's q and a dummy variable to explain differences in accounting treatment between the U.S. and Korea, revealed significant differences between the two samples. Finally, in the conditional quantile regression (CQR) analysis for the R&D-related variables in relation to corporate growth rate, it was found that the NYSE-listed firms had a statistically significant linkage between growth potential and one-year lagged R&D expenditures at lower quantile levels. This study may shed new light on identifying financial factors affecting differences between the U.S. market (as an advanced market) and the Korean market (as an emerging market) regarding the optimal level of R&D investments for shareholders.

현대 기업재무와 관련된 관심 주제들 중. 본 연구에서는 학문적, 실무적인 측면에서 추가 연구가 지속적으로 요구된다고 판단되는 연구개발비 지출에 관한 내용이 분석되었다. 즉, 뉴욕증권거래소와 국내 유가증권시장에 상장된 기업들을 표본자료로 활용하여 연구개발비의 재무적 결정요인에 대한 실증적 분석이 시행되었다. 설정된 3가지의 가설 관련하여, 첫 번째 가설에서는 한국과 미국의 기업들을 포함하는 표본자료들 기준, 전기의 연구개발비 비중, 부채비율, 수익성 그리고 현금유동성 등의 설명변수들이 동 연구개발비 비중에 유의한 영향을 주는 재무적 요인들로서 판명되었다. 두 번째 가설검정에서는 한국과 미국 기업들간의 상대적인 관점에서의 실증분석이 시행되어 비선형 형태의 전기의 연구개발비 비중, 고성장성 기업, 비이자성법인세감면효과, 성장성 그리고 한,미 간의 연구개발비의 회계 처리 방법 등이 양국 간의 표본기업들의 재무적 차이를 나타내는 요인들로 판명되었다. 추가적으로 분위회귀모형을 활용한 (연구개발비 관련 변수들을 포함한) 설명변수들과 기업 성장성과의 관계에서 뉴욕증권거래소에 상장된 기업들의 경우 낮은 분위들에서만 전기의 연구개발비 비중과 성장성 간에 통계적인 유의성을 나타내었다. 본 연구결과에서 판명된 미국의 선진자본시장과 한국의 신흥자본시장 간의 연구개발비 결정요인 상 유사점과 상이점은 주주 측면에서 적정 연구개발비 비중에 도달하기 위한 새로운 발견을 제시할 수 있다고 판단된다.

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