Tax Differentials and the Segmentation of Networks of Cooperation in Oligopoly

This paper studies the effects of uncoordinated environmental tax policies on firms' incentives to form bilateral R&D collaborations. It is shown that the complete network is pair-wise stable for small differences in the taxation of environmental emissions. Larger tax differentials may induce firms to abandon all their international collaborations.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Benchekroun, Hassan ; Claude, Denis
Published in:	Topics in Theoretical Economics. - Berkeley Electronic Press. - Vol. 7.2007, 1, p. 1316-1316
Publisher:	Berkeley Electronic Press
Subject:	uncoordinated environmental actions \| taxation \| networks \| R&D

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Notes:	oai:bepress:bejte-1316
Classification:	Q55 - Technological Innovation
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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