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Modern pandemic crises and R&D investment

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  • Hung-Yi Huang
  • Yun-Chi Lee

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This study investigates the impact of crises caused by pandemics on firms’ R&D investments. We explore these associations by utilizing a comprehensive cross-country sample of 261,959 firm-year observations collected from 39 countries during five modern health crises (SARS in 2003, H1N1 in 2009, MERS in 2012, Ebola in 2012, and Zika in 2016). The results indicate that pandemics have a positive and significant impact on R&D investment. Furthermore, we show that private firms in civil-law countries were more likely to adopt conservative financial policies than those in common-law countries. We conclude that the difference between the legal origins of private firms influences the impact on R&D investment. Moreover, it promotes conservative policies to reduce private firms’ R&D investment in countries with civil law.

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  • Hung-Yi Huang & Yun-Chi Lee, 2024. "Modern pandemic crises and R&D investment," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(27), pages 3278-3291, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:56:y:2024:i:27:p:3278-3291
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2206110
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