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| Title: | | Persistence of monopoly and research specialization  |
| Authors: | | Weinschenk, Philipp |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2009,11 |
| Abstract: | | We examine the persistence of monopolies in markets with innovations when the outcome of research is uncertain. We show that for low success probabilities of research, the incumbent can seldom preempt the potential entrant. Then the efficiency effect outweighs the replacement effect. It is vice versa for high probabilities. Moreover, the incumbent specializes in safe research and the potential entrant in risky research. We also show that the probability of entry has an inverted U-shape in the success probability. Since even at the peak entry is rather unlikely, the persistence of the monopoly is high. |
| Subjects: | | Persistence of Monopoly Efficiency Effect Replacement Effect Stochastic Innovations |
| JEL: | | L12 O31 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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