Research and Development, Cash Flow, Agency and Governance: UK large companies

Main author: Driver, Ciaran
Other authors: Guedes, Maria João Coelho
Format: Journal Article           
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language English
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description This paper investigates the determinants of R&D expenditure using a sample of UK listed companies with the highest spend from 2000 to 2005. We investigate the effect of corporate governance and ownership on R&D, using panel data. The results provide some evidence that more governance tends to depress R&D activity, a finding that is robust to whether a composite or disaggregated index of governance is used. One innovation of the paper is that we treat agency and finance effects interactively. The ownership stake of the CEO appears to be supportive for R&D.
format Journal Article
author Driver, Ciaran
author_facet Driver, Ciaran
Guedes, Maria João Coelho
authorStr Driver, Ciaran
author_letter Driver, Ciaran
author2 Guedes, Maria João Coelho
author2Str Guedes, Maria João Coelho
title Research and Development, Cash Flow, Agency and Governance: UK large companies
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2012
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/13578/