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This paper tests whether upstream R&D cooperation leads to downstream collusion. We consider an oligopolistic setting where firms enter in research joint ventures (RJVs) to lower production costs or coordinate on collusion in the product market. We show that a sufficient condition for...
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, which only holds in the long-term but not in the short-term. Further, we find support for a moderating effect of innovation … in the long-term, innovation mediates the ESP-CFP relationship suggesting that innovation should be considered as a long …
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We summarize the major findings of empirical studies that examine the effect of banking development on innovation and … innovation. We reassess the effect of banking development and innovation, extending the scope of analysis to more granular … dimensions of innovation and to Asian economies where financial markets are less developed. We find that while theoretical …
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Baker (2002) has demonstrated theoretically that the quality of performance measures used in compensation contracts hinges on two characteristics: noise and distortion. These criteria, though, will only be useful in practice as long as the noise and distortion of a performance measure can be...
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We formulate a simple model of optimal defensive disclosure by a monopolist facinguncertain antitrust enforcement and test its implications using unique data on defensivedisclosures and patents by IBM during 1955-1989. Our results indicate that strongerantitrust enforcement leads to more...
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