R&D incentives and competitive pressure under hidden information.

Within a principal‐agent model, the paper studies how hidden information affects incentives to invest in demand‐enhancing R&D of a firm competing in the product market. The analysis shows that, when the R&D outcome is private information of the innovating firm not only compared to its competitor, bu...

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Published in:Southern Economic Journal Vol. 88; no. 1; pp. 56 - 79
Main Author: Romano, Maria G.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2021
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