| Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ln (Private R&D investment) | Ln (New product sales) | Ln (Number of patents) | Ln (Private R&D investment) | Ln (New product sales) | Ln (Number of patents) | |
| Methods | OLS | OLS | OLS | Threshold regression | Threshold regression | Threshold regression |
| Ln (R&D subsidy) | 1.674*** | 1.191* | 0.087** |
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| (0.791) | (0.852) | (0.051) |
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| Ln (R&D subsidy) *T1 |
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| 1.113** | 2.581** | 0.051** |
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| (0.691) | (1.722) | (0.031) | |
| Ln (R&D subsidy) *T2 |
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| 4.012*** | 3.804** | 0.094*** |
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| (1.571) | (1.995) | (0.187) | |
| Ln (R&D subsidy) *T3 |
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| −0.937** | −1.118* | 0.043** |
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| (0.511) | (0.752) | (0.271) | |
| Ln (Researchers) | 0.082* | 0.046* | 0.041*** | 0.073*** | 0.52*** | 0.081*** |
| (0.067) | (0.032) | (0.012) | (0.033) | (0.031) | (0.042) | |
| Ln (workers) | 0.027 | 0.021 | 0.044 | 0.021 | 0.024 | 0.046 |
| (0.135) | (0.477) | (0.148) | (1.085) | (1.325) | (0.988) | |
| Firm’s age | 0.175** | 0.021** | 0.051** | 0.125** | 0.023** | 0.053** |
| (0.085) | (0.012) | (0.032) | (0.067) | (0.014) | (0.031) | |
| Shareholding structure | 0.113 | 0.236** | 0.321* | 0.115* | 0.241** | 0.351** |
| (0.134) | (0.192) | (0.261) | (0.095) | (0.146) | (0.211) | |
| _Cons | 1.446** | 0.226*** | 2.511** | 2.514*** | 1.446*** | 1.606*** |
| (0.871) | (0.031) | (1.473) | (1.098) | (0.341) | (0.122) | |
| N | 6715 | 6715 | 6715 | 6715 | 6715 | 6715 |
| Adj. R2 | 0.056 | 0.063 | 0.071 | 0.103 | 0.116 | 0.121 |