R&D policy and privatization in a mixed oligopoly

María José Gil-Moltó (), Joanna Poyago-Theotoky and Vasileios Zikos
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María José Gil-Moltó: Dept of Economics, Loughborough University
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Abstract: We introduce R&D activity and R&D subsidies in the context of a mixed oligopoly and evaluate the effects of privatization on welfare. We show that when R&D subsidies are employed, privatization is welfare and R&D promoting provided that the number of competitors is sufficiently large.

Keywords: mixed oligopoly; process innovation; R&D subsidy; privatization. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L13 L31 L32 L50 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-10
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