The Winner Curse and Social Inefficiency: Double Whammy of R&D Tournament

In a R&D tournament setting with free entry and knowledge spillover, we show that the society would suffer from excessive entry and the patent holder would endure lower profits than non-patent holders because it bears the cost of commercializing and further technology development, while the othe...

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Main Authors: Arijit Mukherjee, Leonard F.S. Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Alberto Hurtado 2011-11-01
Series:Journal of Technology Management & Innovation
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Online Access:https://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/826