Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322761 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers Series No. 08-15
Publisher: 
Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Economics, Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute, Utrecht
Abstract: 
Empirical work suggests that the network of research and development alliances is asymmetric, with a small number of firms involved in the majority of partnerships. This paper relates the structure of the collaboration network to a fundamental characteristic of the demand for research output: the benefits of knowledge accumulation create private and social incentives for a concentration of collaborative activities. I theoretically investigate the formation of bilateral collaborative links in two different industry settings, one socially managed, the other oligopolistic. I find that in both cases a concentrated network is the typical equilibrium structure as well as the socially efficient structure.
Subjects: 
R&D collaboration
market structure
networks
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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