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Review of Economic Studies Vol. 52 No. 1 1985

Innovation and Imitation in a Duopoly

Jean-Pierre Benoît

Abstract

In a duopoly where one firm has the idea for a non-patentable innovation, the expected profits from the innovation will not be a monotonic function of the cost of innovating. Furthermore, a costly innovation may be undertaken, where an inexpensive one would not have been, all other things being equal.

DOI
10.2307/2297472
Volume
52
Issue
1
Pages
99
Sources
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