The effect of related party transactions on R&D investment: Evidence from Korea
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Received September 17, 2022;Accepted October 28, 2022;Published November 4, 2022
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.19(4).2022.08
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Article InfoVolume 19 2022, Issue #4, pp. 99-112
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Cited by1 articlesJournal title: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIESArticle title: Business – education collaboration in R&D investment: Analysis of development gaps and critical points using MAR-splinesDOI: 10.14254/2071-8330.2023/16-2/3Volume: 16 / Issue: 2 / First page: 57 / Year: 2023Contributors: Anastasiia Samoilikova, Jaroslaw Korpysa, Tetiana Vasylieva, Bálint Filep
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This study aims to investigate the relationship between related party transactions and a firm’s investment in research and development (R&D), as well as the moderating effect of a firm’s financial health on such a relationship. The study applies a fixed-effect panel regression model with a sample of 13,619 Korean listed firms for the period from 2001 to 2020. The results indicate that related party transactions significantly and positively influence a firm’s R&D investment at the 1% level for the study period. Specifically, when related party transactions are divided into operating and non-operating, the results show that only non-operating related party transactions significantly and positively affect firms’ investment in R&D. Moreover, findings report that the effect of related party transactions is stronger for firms with financial distress, lower cash holdings, and in the high-tech industry. The results imply that related party transactions promote a firm’s R&D investment, which is one of the primary business investments that create a firm’s competitive advantage and value. Moreover, the results propose that related party transactions should be carefully evaluated when accessing the firm’s investment behavior.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)D23, E22, O32
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References50
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- Table 1. Descriptive statistics
- Table 2. Correlations
- Table 3. Relate party transactions and firm R&D investments
- Table 4. The effect of RPTs on a firm’s R&D investments based on the firm’s financial health
- Table 5. Effect of RPTs on firm’s R&D investments based on the firm’s level of cash holdings
- Table 6. Effect of RPTs on firm’s R&D investments based on the industry type
- Table 7. Robustness test: Changes in RPTs and changes in the firm’s R&D investments
- Table A1. Variable definitions
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Conceptualization
Ilhang Shin, Hansol Lee
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Data curation
Ilhang Shin
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Formal Analysis
Ilhang Shin
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Funding acquisition
Ilhang Shin
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Acknowledgment
This research was supported by National Economics University, Grant Number: 343-QĐ-ĐHKTQD. -
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Acknowledgment
We are grateful to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Indonesia, for research grant No. 163/E4.1/AK.04.PT/2021, as well as the editor of the Investment Management and Financial Innovations journal, peer reviewers, and some colleagues for their suggestions, criticism and comments that significantly improved this paper.