Patent Licensing and Technological Catch-Up in a Heterogeneous Duopoly

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作   者：

Badia, Bruno D.; 

作者机构：

TN 38112 USA;  Memphis;  Dept Econ;  Rhodes Coll;  2000 N Pkwy; 

关键词：

Technological catch-up;  Cournot duopoly with heterogeneous firms;  Cost-reducing innovation;  Patent licensing; 

期刊名称：

Review of Industrial Organization

i s s n：

0889-938X

年卷期：

2019 年 55 卷 2 期

页   码：

287-300

页   码：

摘   要：

A cost-reducing innovation is available to Cournot duopolists through licensing. The firms are ex ante heterogeneous and adoption of the innovation impacts them differently. Is it possible for the inefficient duopolist to catch up with its efficient rival? Under certain conditions, yes. The conditions, however, are stringent: It is not sufficient, for instance, that the innovation promotes a change in the efficiency rank of the firms.