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Firm Metrics with Continuous R&D, Quality Improvement, and Cournot Quantities

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  • Jannett Highfill
  • Michael McAsey

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The paper considers a dynamic two-firm model of intra-industry trade in which the firms compete for the same market on the basis of product reliability. By assumption, the home firm always has the reliability cost advantage but it may or may not have the manufacturing cost advantage. The results suggest that reliability improvement always helps customers in that they pay a lower full quality price. Comparing the home firm with the foreign firm, metrics such as price, sales, profit margins, and variable profits depend on the relative costs, with the low cost firm performing better. Finally, although this is not the common outcome, the paper suggests that it is possible for the reliability cost advantages gained by R&D expenditures to overcome manufacturing cost disadvantages. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 2010

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  • Jannett Highfill & Michael McAsey, 2010. "Firm Metrics with Continuous R&D, Quality Improvement, and Cournot Quantities," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 16(3), pages 243-256, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:iaecre:v:16:y:2010:i:3:p:243-256:10.1007/s11294-010-9269-9
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    Keywords

    Dynamic R&D; Quality improvement; Intra-industry trade; F12; O38; H25;
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    JEL classification:

    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies

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