Innovation: the bright side of common ownership?

Firms have inefficiently low incentives to innovate when other firms benefit from their inventions and the innovating firm therefore does not capture the full surplus of its innovations. We show that common ownership of firms mitigates this impediment to corporate innovation. By contrast, without te...

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Main Authors: Anton, M, Ederer, F, Giné, M, Schmalz, MC
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: INFORMS 2024