than innovation. Economic theory shows the ways that price competition benefits consumers; and courts, antitrust agencies …A proposal for moving from price-centric to innovation-centric competition policy, reviewing theory and evidence on … economic incentives for innovation. Competition policy and antitrust enforcement have traditionally focused on prices rather …

Using data from the US automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation … interesting market to examine the link between competition and innovation. We use firm-level time-series data over a long horizon … relationship is reasonably non-linear; (2) higher market-wide competition results in an increase in patenting, and the relationship …

The relationship between competition and innovation is difficult to disentangle, as exogenous variation in market … economy instead of standard antitrust concerns. In technology areas where the breakup reduced concentration, patenting …