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The Incentives to Form Research Joint Ventures: Theory and Evidence

Lars-Hendrik Röller, Mihkel M. Tombak and Ralph Siebert

No FS IV 98-15, CIG Working Papers from Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), Research Unit: Competition and Innovation (CIG)

Abstract: The literature on research joint ventures (RJVs) has emphasized internalizing spillovers and cost-sharing as motives for RJV formation. In this paper we develop two additional explanations: product market complementarities and firm heterogeneity. We analyze a model of RJVs with asymmetric firms and differentiated products. We then test these various explanations for RJV formation by estimating an endogenous switching model using data now available through the U. S. National Cooperative Research Act. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG - (Anreize, ein Forschungs-Joint Venture zu gründen) Die Literatur über Forschungs-Joint-Ventures (FJV) hat bisher die Internalisierung von Spillovers und die Kostenaufteilung als primäre Motive, ein FJV zu gründen, hervorgebracht. In diesem Beitrag werden zwei weitere Gründe angeführt: Produktmarktkomplementaritäten und Unternehmensheterogenitäten. Wir analysieren ein Modell über FJV mit asymmetrischen Unternehmen und differenzierten Produkten. Anschließend testen wir die verschiedenen Erklärungen, ein FJV zu gründen. Hierbei wird ein endogenes "switching" Modell geschätzt, in dem Daten von "U.S. National Cooperative Research Act" benutzt werden.

Keywords: research & development; joint ventures; product market competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 1998-12
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