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It is usually believed that higher competition, implying more active firms, benefits consumers. We show that this may …
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the consumers. Our result is important for competition policy. …
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An important discussion in recent years is the introduction of product patentsand the abolition of process patents. In a model with endogenous number of innovatingfirms, we show that whether product patent increases R&D is ambiguous, and depends onthe type of market demand and the cost of R&D....
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We consider the plant location decision of a multinational corporation (MNC), which has the option to invest in a more or in a less technologically lagging country, and which aims to use its foreign plant as an export-platform. We show that the plant location decision of the MNC depends on...
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We analyze the location of final goods producers under spatial competition with strategic input price determination by … price determination under competition in the input market. We also discuss the implications on the profits, consumer surplus …
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competition and aggregate innovation. We consider a two-stage game with a deterministic Research and Development (R&D) process … outputs simultaneously. We show that the inverted-U relationship between competition and aggregate innovation occurs if … competition is affected by the number of technology followers. However, the presence of more technology leaders decreases …
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competition and aggregate innovation. We consider a two-stage game with a deterministic Research and Development (R&D) process … outputs simultaneously. We show that the inverted-U relationship between competition and aggregate innovation occurs if … competition is affected by the number of technology followers. However, the presence of more technology leaders decreases …
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model features both private learning about the market condition and market competition, which give rise to the first …
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becomes convoluted with information and payoff spillovers. The threat of competition pushes firms to enter earlier to preempt … elusive link between static market competition and dynamic entry competition. …
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model features both private learning about the market condition and market competition, which give rise to the first …
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