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Downstream R&D, raising rival's costs, and input-price contracts: a comment on the role of spillovers

Zikos, V and Kesavayuth, D (2010) Downstream R&D, raising rival's costs, and input-price contracts: a comment on the role of spillovers Economics Bulletin, 30 (4). 3018 - 3025. ISSN 1545-2921

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Abstract

We reconsider Banerjee and Lin [International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2003] by investigating the role of spillovers (or informational flows) for the profitability of input-price contracts in a vertically related industry. We showthat spillovers influence the relative magnitude of the main forces operating in the model, which can either reinforce oralter some of the predictions

Item Type:Article
Divisions:Faculty of Business, Economics and Law > Economics
ID Code:430839
Deposited By:Symplectic Elements
Deposited On:13 Jun 2012 12:12
Last Modified:01 Mar 2013 14:35

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