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

Economic Modelling

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 122-132

  Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa ^a   Salim, Ruhul ^b   Smyth, Russell ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coarsened exact Matching (CEM); Mining companies; Profitability; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963548532     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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