Helm, Carsten ; Schöttner, Anja (2009)
Subsidizing Technological Innovations in the Presence of R&D Spillovers.
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Item Type: | Report |
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Type of entry: | Primary publication |
Title: | Subsidizing Technological Innovations in the Presence of R&D Spillovers |
Language: | English |
Date: | 22 October 2009 |
Place of Publication: | Darmstadt |
Series: | Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics |
Series Volume: | 154 |
Abstract: | We analyze a situation where a principal wants to induce firms to produce an output, e.g. electricity from renewable energy sources. Firms can undertake non-contractible investments to reduce production costs of the output. Parts of these investments spills over and also reduce production costs of the other firm. Comparing the general price subsidy and an innovation tournament, we find that the principal's expected cost of implementing a given expected output are always higher under the tournament, even though this scheme may lead to more innovation. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | R&D spillovers, tournaments, subsidies, moral hazard |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-47722 |
Additional Information: | JEL - Classification : Q55, D82, H23, D43; Erstellt November 2005 |
Classification DDC: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
Divisions: | 01 Department of Law and Economics > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete > Angewandte Mikroökonomik und Institutionenökonomik 01 Department of Law and Economics > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete 01 Department of Law and Economics |
Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2009 11:42 |
Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2023 08:56 |
URI: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/4772 |
PPN: | 378323032 |
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