Competition, R&D Activities and Endogenous Growth
Abstract
A prediction of the endogenous growth models with quality ladders is that there exists a negative relation between growth and the degree of market competition. The aim of this article is to shed light on the relation between competition and growth when horizontal and vertical innovations can simultaneously occur by adopting the structure of the patent race model; we show the way in which the toughness of competition influences the firms’ incentives to invest in the two R&D activities; in particular, the presence of vertical and horizontal differentiation can determine a non monotonic long run relationship between competition and growth.Download Info
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Paper provided by Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) in its series Discussion Papers (IRES - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales) with number 2004009.Length: 17
Date of creation: 01 Dec 2003
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Keywords: Growth; Competition; Vertical and Horizontal Innovations;Find related papers by JEL classification:
- O31 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- O41 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
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