ARIJIT MUKHERJEE Arijit.Mukherjee@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Industrial Economics
Cooperative R&D for a New Product under Convex Production Costs
Mukherjee, Arijit
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Abstract
The role of knowledge spillover for cooperative research and development (R&D), where firms commit before R&D about sharing R&D outcomes and choosing joint profit maximising R&D investments, is well known. In a duopoly model of product innovation with a stochastic non-tournament R&D process, we show that the firms may prefer cooperative R&D compared to non-cooperative R&D in the presence of convex production costs, even if there is no knowledge spillover. Thus, we provide a new reason for cooperative R&D. Consumer surplus and the expected welfare can be higher under cooperative R&D compared to non-cooperative R&D. We further show that the convex production costs create the incentive for technology licensing ex-post R&D. In the presence of licensing ex-post R&D, the firms prefer joint profit maximising R&D investments with the option for licensing ex-post R&D, while the consumers and the society may prefer cooperative R&D. Hence, a proper distribution scheme, such as a tax/subsidy policy, might be required to encourage firms to undertake cooperative R&D. Our analysis may provide some implications for vaccine research.
Citation
Mukherjee, A. (in press). Cooperative R&D for a New Product under Convex Production Costs. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics,
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 18, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Apr 3, 2023 |
Journal | Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics |
Print ISSN | 0932-4569 |
Electronic ISSN | 1614-0559 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Keywords | Cooperative R&D; Non-cooperative R&D; Technology licensing; Welfare |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/19208342 |
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