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L'économie de la recherche-développement : introduction à certains travaux théoriques

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  • Roger Guesnerie
  • Jean Tirole

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[fre] L'article procède à une revue de la littérature théorique sur la recherche-développe­ment. Il aborde deux thèmes principaux : valeur privée et valeur sociale d'une inno­vation brevetée, compétition pour l'innovation.. Les incitations privées à l'innovation sont d'abord examinées en fonction de la formule adoptée pour l'exploitation d'une invention (brevet unique, licence de brevet) et de la structure du marché pré et post innovation (concurrence, monopole, oligopole).. La seconde partie concentre l'attention sur les modèles où la compétition pour l'innovation est assimilée à une course et où le phénomène de préemption joue un rôle déterminant. [eng] The economics of R-D . Introduction to the pure theory. Roger Guesnerie, Jean Tirole. The article reviews the theoretical literature on R-D. Two themes are considered : the comparison of private and social value of an innovation, the competition for an innovation ; innovations being protected by patents.. The private incentives to innovate are first examined according to the modalities of the exploitation of the invention and according to the pre and post innovation market structure (perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly).. The second part focuses on models where competition for innovation is formalized as a race and where preemption has a crucial role.

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  • Roger Guesnerie & Jean Tirole, 1985. "L'économie de la recherche-développement : introduction à certains travaux théoriques," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 36(5), pages 843-872.
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