TITLE:
Analysis of the Effect of Financial Subsidy on China’s New Energy Vehicle Industry R & D Activities
AUTHORS:
Junda Lin
KEYWORDS:
Emerging Industries of Strategic Importance, NEV Industry, Fiscal Subsidies, R & D Intensity
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.10 No.1,
January
11,
2019
ABSTRACT: As a strategic emerging industry in China, new
energy vehicles (NEV) industry has developed rapidly in recent
years under the strong support of national industrial policies. In order to
observe the effect of financial subsidies on R & D activities of NEV companies in China, this paper cuts through the
perspective of R & D intensity of enterprises.
According to the micro panel data of 75 listed companies in China’s NEV
industry chain from 2008 to 2016, empirical analysis shows that the financial
subsidy has a positive effect on the R & D
intensity of the NEV industry chain enterprises, and the financial subsidies
are more obvious for the new energy vehicle core component manufacturing
industry when considering the sub-sectors. In addition, some other factors that
may affect China’s NEV industry have also been discussed. This puts forward some
empirical evidence and policy recommendations for the direction of the country’s
further subsidy policy for the promotion of NEV industry innovation.