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Type Working Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title R&D networks: theory, empirics and policy implications
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Authors
  • Michael D König
  • Xiaodong Liu
  • Yves Zenou
Language
  • English
Institution University of Zurich
Series Name Working paper series / Department of Economics
Number 142
ISSN 1664-7041
Number of Pages 83
Date 2014
Abstract Text We study a structural model of R&D alliance networks in which firms jointly form R&D collaborations to lower their production costs while competing on the product market. We derive the Nash equilibrium of this game, provide a welfare analysis and determine the optimal R&D subsidy program that maximizes total welfare. We also identify the key firms, i.e. the firms whose exit would reduce welfare the most. We then structurally estimate our model using a panel dataset of R&D collaborations and annual company reports. We use our estimates to identify the key firms and analyze the impact of R&D subsidy programs. Moreover, we analyze temporal changes in the rankings of key firms and how these changes affect the optimal R&D policy.
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Keywords R&D networks, key firms, optimal subsidies, Forschung und Entwicklung, Produktforschung, Kooperation