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The Impact Of Korean Government’S Industrial R&D Expenditure On Technological Competitiveness, Hyunok Kim
The Impact Of Korean Government’S Industrial R&D Expenditure On Technological Competitiveness, Hyunok Kim
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In Korea, the total amount of R&D executed by the Korean government in 2019 was $16 billion. The Compound Annual Growth Rate of Korean government R&D budget is 5.04% (2010~2019). This paper studies whether the Korean government's R&D expenditure effectively achieves its purpose. Assuming the purpose of government R&D expenditure is set as science and technology competitiveness based on related laws and the indicator is identified as the technology balance of payments (TBP), this study estimates the statistical correlation between government R&D expenditure and TBP. Since the characteristic of government R&D expenditure is different for each field, the correlation by …