Symmetric research joint ventures: cooperative substitutes and complements

We introduce the concepts of cooperative substitutes and complements, and use them to explain when all firms in a research joint venture will choose equal levels of R&D.; We show that the second-order conditions for a symmetric optimum take a particularly simple form, ruling out both excessi...

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Main Authors: Leahy, D, Neary, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005
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