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Can cost asymmetry be a rationale for privatisation? (2013)
Journal Article
Mukherjee, A., & Sinha, U. B. (2014). Can cost asymmetry be a rationale for privatisation?. International Review of Economics and Finance, 29, 497-503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2013.07.010

Cost asymmetries between the public and the private firms create a rationale for privatising the public firms. We show that this argument is restrictive, since it does not allow for other ways of reducing production inefficiency, which creates the mo... Read More about Can cost asymmetry be a rationale for privatisation?.

Technology licensing in a differentiated oligopoly (2013)
Journal Article
Bagchi, A., & Mukherjee, A. (2014). Technology licensing in a differentiated oligopoly. International Review of Economics and Finance, 29, 455-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2013.07.005

A note on the adverse effect of competition on consumers: adverse effect of competition on consumers (2013)
Journal Article
Dinda, S., & Mukherjee, A. (2014). A note on the adverse effect of competition on consumers: adverse effect of competition on consumers. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 16(1), 157-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12044

It is usually believed that higher competition, implying more active firms, benefits consumers. We show that this may not be the case in an industry with asymmetric cost firms. A rise in the number of more cost‐inefficient firms makes the consumers w... Read More about A note on the adverse effect of competition on consumers: adverse effect of competition on consumers.

Licensing under convex costs (2013)
Journal Article
Mukherjee, A. (2013). Licensing under convex costs. Journal of Economics, 111(3), 289-299. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-013-0333-9

We show that both the outside and inside innovators license a new product (or drastic process innovation) to all potential licensees in the presence of convex costs, which occur under decreasing returns to scale technologies. An implication of our an... Read More about Licensing under convex costs.

R&D cooperation with entry (2012)
Journal Article
Bandyopadhyay, S., & Mukherjee, A. (2014). R&D cooperation with entry. Manchester School, 82(1), 52-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9957.2012.02336.x

We show the effects of entry by a non‐innovating firm on the innovating firms' incentive for undertaking cooperative R&D, highlighting the implications of knowledge spillover. Entry by a non‐innovating firm may either increase or decrease the incenti... Read More about R&D cooperation with entry.