Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/9151
Title: Can Rivalry in R&d Be Harmful Under Supply Function Competition?
Authors: Saglam, Ismail
Keywords: Duopoly
process R&D
supply function competition
Cournot competition
Equilibria
Bertrand
Cournot
Duopoly
Efficiency
Output
Publisher: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
Abstract: We consider a duopoly with cost asymmetry and demand uncertainty and show that rivalry in (process) R&D can be extremely harmful to both firms even in the presence of spillovers if the firms produce under supply function competition. However, if they produce under Cournot competition, firms can earn higher profits in the presence of R&D rivalry than what they could earn when they (mutually) invested in no R&D. We also show that R&D rivalry always works to widen the efficiency gap between the firms under Cournot competition, and also under supply function competition if R&D spillovers are present. On the other hand, consumers' welfare is affected by R&D rivalry only under supply function competition. Under this competition, consumers always prefer the presence of R&D rivalry with or without spillovers to the absence of R&D rivalry; however, they obtain their highest surplus under R&D rivalry when there are no R&D spillovers.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13571516.2022.2138091
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/9151
ISSN: 1357-1516
1466-1829
Appears in Collections:İktisat Bölümü / Department of Economics
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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