Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/25408 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
CFS Working Paper No. 2004/03
Publisher: 
Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper considers a theoretical model of n asymmetric firms that reduce their initial unit costs by spending on R&D activities. In accordance with Schumpeterian hypotheses we obtain that more efficient (bigger) firms spend more in R&D and this leads to a more concentrated market structure. We also find a positive relationship between innovation and market concentration. This calls for a corrective tax on R&D activities to curtail strategic incentives to over-invest in R&D trying to achieve a higher market share.
Subjects: 
R&D
Asymmetries
Market Concentration
Optimal Industrial Policies
JEL: 
L11
L52
O31
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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