Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10474860 | Journal of Economic Theory | 2005 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
We offer a new algorithm for analyzing innovation timing games. Its main advantage over the traditional approach is that it applies to problems that had previously been intractable. We use the algorithm to examine two classical innovation problems. We find that the competition takes the form of a waiting game with a second-mover advantage either for any level of R&D costs (process innovation) or for high R&D costs (product innovation). Moreover, both models predict that the second-mover advantage is monotonically increasing in the costs of R&D.
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Authors
Heidrun C. Hoppe, Ulrich Lehmann-Grube,