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Who Gets Government SME R&D Subsidy? Application of Gradient Boosting Model

Gradient Boosting 모형을 이용한 중소기업 R&D 지원금 결정요인 분석

  • Received : 2020.09.15
  • Accepted : 2020.10.29
  • Published : 2020.11.30
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Abstract

In this paper, we build a gradient Boosting model to predict government SME R&D subsidy, select features of high importance, and measure the impact of each features to the predicted subsidy using PDP and SHAP value. Unlike previous empirical researches, we focus on the effect of the R&D subsidy distribution pattern to the incentive of the firms participating subsidy competition. We used the firm data constructed by KISTEP linking government R&D subsidy record with financial statements provided by NICE, and applied a Gradient Boosting model to predict R&D subsidy. We found that firms with higher R&D performance and larger R&D investment tend to have higher R&D subsidies, but firms with higher operation profit or total asset turnover rate tend to have lower R&D subsidies. Our results suggest that current government R&D subsidy distribution pattern provides incentive to improve R&D project performance, but not business performance.

본 논문에서는 그래디언트 부스팅 모형을 활용하여 정부의 중소기업 연구개발 지원 결정에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 파악하였다. 기존 연구가 사후적으로 정부의 연구개발 지원이 수혜 기업에 미친 영향을 분석하는 것에 중점을 두었다면, 본 논문은 정부의 연구개발 지원 결정 방식을 파악하고, 그 방식이 기업에게 제공하는 유인을 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 본 논문은 지원금 결정에 영향을 미치는 다양한 잠재적 요인들을 선택하고, 기계학습 접근법을 활용하여 추정오차 축소효과가 큰 요인들을 선별하였다. 구체적으로 본 논문은 한국과학기술평가원이 구축한 국가연구개발조사분석 자료와 한국신용평가자료를 연결한 자료에 그래디언트 부스팅(Gradient Boosting) 모형을 적용하여 지원금 추정모형을 구축하였다. 본 논문에서 구축한 그래디언트 부스팅 모형은 선형회귀분석 응용모형에 비해 평균제곱근오차를 7.20% 축소할 수 있었다. 각 변수의 순열 중요도(permutation importance)를 분석한 결과 연구성과지표 및 연구개발비가 추정오차 축소에 기여가 큰 것으로 파악되었다. 그리고 각 변수의 부분의존도(Partial Dependence Plot: PDP) 및 SHAP 값(SHAP value: SHapley Additive exPlanation value)을 분석한 결과 연구성과지표가 좋고 연구개발비 지출이 큰 기업이 많은 연구개발 지원금을 받는 반면, 영업이익이 크고 자기자본회전율이 높은 기업은 적은 지원금을 받는 경향이 발견되었다. 본 연구의 결과는 현재 중소기업 연구개발 지원금 배분 방식이 연구성과지표 제고 및 연구개발투자 증가 유인은 제공하나, 기업 경영성과 제고 유인은 취약함을 시사한다.

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