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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP16826 |
DP16826 Acquisitions, innovation, and the entrenchment of monopoly | |
Vincenzo Denicolò; Michele Polo | |
发表日期 | 2021-12-20 |
出版年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We analyze a dynamic model of repeated innovation where inventors may be acquired by an incumbent or else challenge its leadership. In the short run, acquisitions always spur innovation because of the invention-for-buyout effect. In the long-run, however, acquisitions may stifle innovation because of a countervailing effect, the entrenchment of monopoly. The entrenchment-of-monopoly effect arises when the incumbent's dominance depends on its past activity levels and thus is reinforced by repeated acquisitions over time. We show that if the entrenchment-of-monopoly effect is sufficiently strong, forward-looking policymakers should prohibit acquisitions in the anticipation of their long-run negative impact on innovation. This argument provides a new theory of harm that can be used to block acquisitions that might otherwise go unchallenged. |
主题 | Industrial Organization |
关键词 | Acquisitions Innovation market power Antitrust policy |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp16826 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545752 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Vincenzo Denicolò,Michele Polo. DP16826 Acquisitions, innovation, and the entrenchment of monopoly. 2021. |
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