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Competition, comparison, and innovation

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  • Hahn, Sunku
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Competitive firms can make a comparison with each other and easily figure out the better strategy, while monopoly firms cannot. Therefore, a competitive firm may be more likely to try low cost innovations than a monopoly firm may.

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  • Hahn, Sunku, 2010. "Competition, comparison, and innovation," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 106(2), pages 122-124, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:106:y:2010:i:2:p:122-124
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    1. Farrell, Joseph, 1986. "How effective is potential competition?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 67-70.
    2. Joseph Farrell & Carl Shapiro, 1988. "Dynamic Competition with Switching Costs," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 19(1), pages 123-137, Spring.
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