Determinants of Corporate R&D Expenditures: the Role of Taxes

• Autorzy: Dorota Wasiluk , Anna Białek-Jaworska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper aims to find the relationship between corporate expenditures on R&D and tax burdens comparing German with French R&D incentives. We use the OLS method for the financial and patent cross-sectional data retrieved from the Amadeus database. The results confirm that firms with higher tax spread (the difference between the nominal and effective tax rates) spend less on R&D. These are in line with findings of a positive relationship between corporate R&D investment and tax burdens. Thus, firms that invest in R&D more pay higher taxes. However, they are less profitable as the return on R&D investment is visible only in the long run. German corporate expenditures on R&D are significantly sensitive to internal funds (proxied by cash flow) and depend on debt, contrary to French. The results indicate that the French firm's age (a phase of life cycle) has a significant impact on spending on R&D compared to German. Whereas in both countries, corporate expenditures on R&D are sensitive to the number of obtained patents. The capability of reducing the level of tax burdens below the nominal tax rate in the case of older German firms stimulates them to increase their R&D expenditures. However, German firms can decrease tax due to the use of R&D grants (revenues without taxation) in the absence of other tax incentives related to R&D. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

R&D in the enterprise; Tax incentives; Patent

PL

Sfera B+R w przedsiębiorstwie; Ulgi podatkowe; Patenty

• Czasopismo: Ekonomia / Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: 7
• Numer: nr 54
• Strony: 110--126

Twórcy

autor

Dorota Wasiluk

• Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

autor

Anna Białek-Jaworska

• Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

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DOI

DOI: 10.2478/ceej-2020-0007