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Does competition spur innovation? The case of yardstick competition

Yassine Lefouili

Abstract

This paper investigates the effect of yardstick competition on firms’ incentives to invest in cost-reducing innovations. We show that an increase in the intensity of yardstick competition, for which we provide a natural measure, increases the incentives to innovate.

Keywords

Competition and innovation; Yardstick competition; Cost reduction;

JEL codes

  • D4: Market Structure and Pricing
  • L1: Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
  • L5: Regulation and Industrial Policy

Reference

Yassine Lefouili, Does competition spur innovation? The case of yardstick competition, Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 137, December 2015, pp. 135–139.

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Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 137, December 2015, pp. 135–139