RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT R&D SUPPORTS AND INNOVATION: MODERATING EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 14 Sayı: 28, 289 - 309, 25.12.2024

Fatih Şahin

Öz

The aim of this study is to reveal the effects of government R&D support on innovative outputs and the role of institutional quality in this process. Panel regression analysis was used in the study, which was constructed with 380 samples obtained from 10-year data of 38 OECD countries between 2011-2020 based on country-level secondary data. The findings of the analysis show that government R&D supports have substitution effects by restricting innovative outputs. These negative effects are stronger when the institutional quality, which consists of political stability, regulatory quality and anti-corruption, is weak. At high levels of institutional quality, these negative effects disappear, and even at high levels of regulatory quality, complementary effects emerge and government R&D supports positively affect innovation.

Anahtar Kelimeler

R&D supports, innovativeness, political stability, regulative quality, corruption

DEVLET AR-GE DESTEKLERİ VE YENİLİKÇİLİK İLİŞKİSİ: KURUMSAL KALİTENİN MODERATÖR ETKİSİ

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, devlet Ar-Ge desteklerinin yenilikçi çıktılar üzerine etkilerini ve bu süreçte kurumsal kalitenin rolünü ortaya koymaktır. Ülke düzeyinde ikincil verilerden hareketle 38 OECD ülkesinin 2011-2020 yılları arasındaki 10 yıllık verilerinden elde edilen 380 örneklemle kurgulanan çalışmada panel regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Analiz bulguları devlet Ar-Ge desteklerinin yenilikçi çıktıları kısıtlayarak ikamet etkilerinin ortaya çıktığını göstermektedir. Bu olumsuz etkilerin politik istikrar, düzenleyici kalite ve yolsuzlukla mücadeleden oluşan kurumsal kalitenin zayıf olduğu durumlarda daha da güçlendiği görülmektedir. Kurumsal kalitenin yüksek düzeylerinde ise bu olumsuz etkiler ortadan kalkmakta, hatta düzenleyici kalitenin yüksek düzeylerinde tamamlayıcılık etkileri ortaya çıkarak devlet Ar-Ge destekleri yenilikçiliği olumlu yönde etkilemektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ar-Ge destekleri, yenilikçilik, politik istikrar, düzenleyici kalite, yolsuzluk

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