The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of research and development (R&D) investment on the export performance of Canadian agrifood small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and on that of related sectors, namely, the textile and clothing sector and the manufacture of leather goods and similar products. First, we analyzed explanatory factors for R&D expenses, and then, we analyzed the impact of R&D on extensive (market access) and intensive (trade value) margins of trade using a difference-in-differences approach. We used data obtained from the Statistics Canada's National Accounts Longitudinal Microdata File (NALMF) for 2010–2015 and the Trade by Exporter Characteristics (TEC) database. The size of firms and their support from the Canadian government affect their propensity to invest in R&D and the amount of R&D expenses and their intensity, measured as the ratio of R&D to sales of goods and services. Overall, our results show that investment in R&D has a positive impact on the export performance of agrifood SMEs; the impact is smaller when the destination is one of the states in the United States.

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加拿大中小型农业食品公司对研发和出口业绩的投资

本研究的目的是分析研究与开发 (R&D) 投资对加拿大农业食品中小企业 (SME) 以及相关行业的出口业绩的影响，即纺织和服装行业以及皮革制品和类似产品的制造。首先，我们分析了研发费用的解释因素，然后我们使用差异中的差异方法分析了研发对广泛（市场准入）和密集（贸易价值）贸易利润率的影响。我们使用了从加拿大统计局 2010-2015 年国民账户纵向微观数据文件 (NALMF) 和出口商特征贸易 (TEC) 数据库中获得的数据。公司的规模和加拿大政府的支持会影响他们投资研发的倾向和研发的数量 D 费用及其强度，以研发与商品和服务销售额的比率来衡量。总体而言，我们的研究结果表明，研发投资对农产品中小企业的出口业绩有积极影响；当目的地是美国的一个州时，影响较小。