Horizontal R and D cooperation and spillovers: evidence from France

Bruno Versaevel and Désiré Vencatachellum ()
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Désiré Vencatachellum: African Development Bank

Economics Bulletin, 2008, vol. 15, issue 19, pages 1-11

Abstract: We test the theoretical prediction that inter-firm spillovers must necessarily be large for the profit differential between cooperation and non-cooperation in R and D to be monotone increasing with them. By using the French data from the 2002 Community Innovation Survey, we find that spillovers have a significant positive impact on the likelihood that competitors cooperate horizontally in R and D only if these spillovers exceed a threshold. Both the value and the significance of estimates increase with the flow of information firms report receiving from competitors.

Keywords: Cooperation; Spillovers; R&D (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-11-02
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