In the presence of R&D spillovers, this paper analyzes the regulated firms' R&D performances according to their noncooperative or cooperative R&D activities. First, it analyzes the R&D equilibrium in local (natural) monopolies, examines its welfare effects, and finds some relationship between...

This Paper considers the problem of designing an optimal incentive contract between a retailer and a manufacturer when the former has private information about demand and its own cost. Based on a multi-period framework, we show that the incentive franchise contract can bring about the fist-best...