Integrating Competition Policy and Innovation Policy: The Case of R&D Cooperation

Georg von Graevenitz ()

Industrial Organization from EconWPA

Abstract: This paper considers the integration of competition policy and innovation policy in the context of R&D cooperation. An explicit comparison of the welfare losses under ex-ante and ex-post R&D cooperation reveals differing incentives to undertake R&D in both regimes. The strength of these incentives is related to the degree of product market competition. We show that there is a clear relationship between the degree of competition in the product market and the relative performance of firms under ex-ante and ex-post cooperation. We derive implications for the design of competition policy rules.

Keywords: Competition Policy; Innovation Policy; R&D Cooperation; Licensing; Research Joint Venture; Oligopolistic R&D (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-03-15
Note: Type of Document - pdf; pages: 25
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