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We study the dynamics of competition in a model with network effects, an incumbent and entry. We propose a new way of …
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-Nash equilibria in a duopoly. Comparing equilibrium prices to the prices set by a multiproduct monopolist, we show that competition … drives prices up and may lead to price dispersion. Competition reduces total surplus in the short run but provides higher …
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Empirical studies have uncovered an inverted-U relationship between product-market competition and innovation. This is … inconsistent with the original Schumpeterian Model, where greater competition reduces the profitability of innovation. We show that … the model can predict the inverted-U if the innovators' talent is heterogenous, and privately observable. With competition …
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We study innovation contests with asymmetric information and identical contestants, where contestants' efforts and … highest quality and receives the revenue generated by the innovation. We characterize the equilibrium behavior, outcomes and …
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Using data from the U.S. automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation … this an interesting market to examine the link between competition and innovation. We use firm-level time-series data over …. Consistent with a large literature, we use patent counts as a measure of innovation. The combination of the U.S. market …
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&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process …
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competition by commercial firms with OSS projects. Optimal pricing policies again vary: in some cases the commercial firm will set …
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competition by commercial firms with OSS projects. Optimal pricing policies again vary: in some cases the commercial firm will set …
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The paper analyzes the relationship between CO2 mitigation policy and promotion policies designed to deploy renewable energy sources for electricity production (RES-E). If an emission cap is the only policy target, an optimal mix consisting of high and low carbon use of fossil fuels, deployment...
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Using pooled data on instructional time and student performance by subject, our study finds evidence for the school inputs-student achievement relationship for German states. This finding is robust both to the inclusion of state fixed effects and in an extensive extreme bounds analysis. It...
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