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Table 3 R&D expenditure equation

From: Innovation, firm productivity, and export survival: firm-level evidence from ASEAN developing countries

Variables

Marginal effects on R&D expenditure

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

HHI index

0.537 (0.558)

0.463 (0.563)

0.519 (0.556)

0.458 (0.543)

0.399 (0.565)

MH

0.127** (0.0583)

0.125** (0.0591)

0.123** (0.0587)

0.123** (0.0577)

0.123** (0.0594)

ASEAN (log)

− 0.0173 (0.0394)

− 0.0112 (0.0396)

− 0.0149 (0.0393)

− 0.0105 (0.0389)

− 0.0102 (0.0394)

Export status

0.0570* (0.0337)

    

New entry firm

 

− 0.0142 (0.0436)

   

Non-exporter firm

  

− 0.0260 (0.0317)

  

Continuing exporting firm

   

0.0747** (0.0350)

 

Exit firm

    

− 0.0488 (0.0425)

Employment (log)

0.0652*** (0.00986)

0.0711*** (0.00956)

0.0669*** (0.0104)

0.0644*** (0.00979)

0.0724*** (0.00972)

Age (log)

− 0.0146 (0.0258)

− 0.0132 (0.0258)

− 0.0152 (0.0258)

− 0.0199 (0.0257)

− 0.0159 (0.0256)

Foreign ownership (%)

− 0.101** (0.0462)

− 0.0695 (0.0423)

− 0.0767* (0.0430)

− 0.0879** (0.0428)

− 0.0725* (0.0425)

Country fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sector fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

605

605

605

605

605

Pseudo-R2

0.269

0.265

0.265

0.273

0.268

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. Source: author’s calculations using the World Bank Enterprise Survey
  3. ***p < 0.01
  4. **p < 0.05
  5. *p < 0.1