The moderating role of firm age in the relationship between R&D expenditure and financial performance: Evidence from Chinese and US mining firms

We examine the impact of Research and Development (R&D) on the profitability and sales of mining firms in China and the United States (US) and the moderating effect of firm age using Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM). For the combined panel of 168 major US and Chinese mining firms, we find that, on...

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Main Authors: Rafiq, S., Salim, Ruhul, Smyth, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV * North-Holland 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20074