R&D competition when firms choose variance

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作者
Cabral, LMB [1 ]
机构
[1] NYU, New York, NY 10012 USA
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10.1162/105864003321220760
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
I consider an infinite-period race where players choose between low- and high-variance motion technologies. I provide sufficient conditions under which, in equilibrium, the leader chooses a safe technology and the laggard a risky one, thus formalizing the sports intuition that the laggard has nothing to lose. Various examples and empirical implications are presented.
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页码:139 / 150
页数:12
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