A Matching Model of University-Industry Collaborations

Giorgio Calcagnini, Germana Giombini, Paolo Liberati and Giuseppe Travaglini

No 1503, Working Papers from University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Department of Economics, Society & Politics - Scientific Committee - L. Stefanini & G. Travaglini

Abstract: In this paper we present a simple model of university-industry collaborations with heterogeneous agents, which is the standard case of technology transfer. We study the characteristics of the matching process, that makes this exchange in technology transfer either efficient or unfeasible. We show that the functioning of the technology transfer market implies dual-trading externalities. We refer to these externalities as congestion because they are caused by the tightness that searching firms and researchers cause to each other during trade.

Keywords: Technology transfer; Matching; Externalities. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L23 M38 O31 O32 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2015, Revised 2015
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