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The Incentives to Form Research Joint Ventures: Theory and Evidence

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  • Lars-Hendrik Röller
  • Mihkel M. Tombak
  • Ralph Siebert

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The literature on research joint ventures (RJVs) has emphasized internalizing spillovers and cost-sharing as motives for RJV formation. In this paper we develop two additional explanations: product market complementarities and firm heterogeneity. We analyze a model of RJVs with asymmetric firms and differentiated products. We then test these various explanations for RJV formation by estimating an endogenous switching model using data now available through the U. S. National Cooperative Research Act. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG - (Anreize, ein Forschungs-Joint Venture zu gründen) Die Literatur über Forschungs-Joint-Ventures (FJV) hat bisher die Internalisierung von Spillovers und die Kostenaufteilung als primäre Motive, ein FJV zu gründen, hervorgebracht. In diesem Beitrag werden zwei weitere Gründe angeführt: Produktmarktkomplementaritäten und Unternehmensheterogenitäten. Wir analysieren ein Modell über FJV mit asymmetrischen Unternehmen und differenzierten Produkten. Anschließend testen wir die verschiedenen Erklärungen, ein FJV zu gründen. Hierbei wird ein endogenes "switching" Modell geschätzt, in dem Daten von "U.S. National Cooperative Research Act" benutzt werden.

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Paper provided by Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), Research Unit: Competition and Innovation (CIG) in its series CIG Working Papers with number FS IV 98-15.

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Length: 31 pages
Date of creation: Dec 1998
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Keywords: research & development; joint ventures; product market competition;

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  1. Kaiser, Ulrich, 2001. "A simple game-theoretical framework for studying R&D expenditures and R&D cooperation," ZEW Discussion Papers 01-22, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
  2. Suetens, S., 2004. "Literature review: R&D cooperation in oligopoly with spillovers: An experimental economics approach," Open Access publications from Tilburg University urn:nbn:nl:ui:12-3529827, Tilburg University.
  3. Manuela Gussoni, . "The determinants of inter-¯rms R&D cooperation and partner selection. A literature overview," Discussion Papers 2009/86, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
  4. Marín, Pedro L. & Siotis, Georges, . "Public Policies towards Research Joint Venture formation: Designs and Outcomes," Open Access publications from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid info:hdl:10016/5367, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
  5. Tatiana Alonso & Pedro Marín, 2004. "Research joint ventures: the role of public research institutes," Investigaciones Economicas, Fundación SEPI, vol. 28(2), pages 213-231, May.
  6. Mari­n, Pedro L. & Siotis, Georges, 2008. "Public policies towards Research Joint Venture: Institutional design and participants' characteristics," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(6-7), pages 1057-1065, July.
  7. Kaiser, Ulrich, 2002. "An empirical test of models explaining research expenditures and research cooperation: evidence for the German service sector," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 20(6), pages 747-774, June.

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