Competition & Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patent and Productivity Data

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Journal: Journal of Industrial Economics
Year: 2014
Volume: 62
Issue: 2
Pages: 258-285

Authors (2)

Juan A. Correa (not in RePEc) Carmine Ornaghi (University of Southampton)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

type="main"> <p>Is there any evidence that innovation and technological progress are constrained by competition and fostered by monopoly power? Our results, based on a constructed dataset of U.S. manufacturing industries observed over more than two decades, suggest that this is not the case. On the contrary, using both patent statistics and productivity growth as alternative measures of innovation and technological change, we observe faster technological advances in more competitive markets. These results are robust to changes in the econometric techniques used to model nonlinearity in the competition-innovation relationship and to alternative methods of computing market power.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:jindec:v:62:y:2014:i:2:p:258-285
Journal Field
Industrial Organization
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25