Lambertini, Luca
(2004)
Process R&D in Monopoly under Demand Uncertainty.
Bologna:
Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE,
p. 7.
DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4785.
In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE
(507).
ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract
I investigate R&D efforts for process innovation in a monopoly with uncertain demand. Two different models are proposed, where either (i) the reservation price is affected by an additive shock and the marginal production cost is increasing, or (ii) a multiplicative shock on the slope of demand combines with a flat marginal production cost. In either case, price-setting behaviour generates a larger R&D investment than quantity-setting behaviour. An Arrowian interpretation of the first result and a Schumpeterian interpretation of the second are proposed.
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