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Equilibrium and optimal R&D roles in a mixed market

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posted on 2007-03-30, 12:55 authored by Vasileios Zikos
This is the first paper to investigate the timing of the R&D decisions in a mixed market. Considering a model in which a public firm competes against a private one, we examine the desirable (welfare-maximizing) and the equilibrium R&D role of the public firm. Our results suggest that from a social point of view, the public firm should carry out its investment as a Stackelberg follower. Using the observable delay game of Hamilton and Slutsky [Games and Economic Behavior 2 (1990) 29], we show that the public firm may play this desirable role.

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  • Business and Economics

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  • Economics

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2007

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This is a working paper. It is also available at: http://ideas.repec.org/p/lbo/lbowps/2007_08.html.

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1750-4171

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  • en

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