Endogenous transport price, R&D spillovers, and trade
Endogenous transport price, R&D spillovers, and trade
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10.1111/twec.13189
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2020-08
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Kazuhiro Takauchi;Tomomichi Mizuno
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作者：
Kazuhiro Takauchi;Tomomichi Mizuno
有效的分销对企业的销售量有很大的影响，从而影响企业的研究与开发活动。本文分析了运输部门的竞争与使用运输服务的企业的R&D之间的关系。我们考虑一个两个地区的互惠市场，在这个市场中，企业投资于降低成本的研发，并使用从事价格竞争的运营商向国外市场供应产品。我们发现，对应于R&D溢出的程度，运输成本（或价格）的减少，由于承运人的数量增加，可以增加或减少企业的R&D投资。这一结果与以往的研究结果一致，即贸易自由化会阻碍R&D。由于低效率的公司导致市场价格高，承运人数量的增加可能会减少消费者剩余。我们进一步讨论的情况下，公司在运输服务中的竞争力，并表明我们的主要结果是强大的扩展。
Efficient distribution has a considerable influence on the sales volume of firms, and thus affects the firms' research and development (R&D) activities. This paper analyzes the relationship between competition in the transport sector and R&D of firms using the transportation services. We consider a two-region reciprocal market in which firms invest in cost-reducing R&D and use carriers that engage in price competition to supply their products to the foreign market. We show that, corresponding to the degree of R&D spillover, a transport cost (or price) reduction due to an increase in the number of carriers can increase or decrease the firms' R&D investments. This result is consistent with the finding in previous studies that trade liberalization can hinder R&D. Because inefficient firms lead to high prices in the market, an increase in the number of carriers may reduce consumer surplus. We further discuss a case in which firms have monopsony power in transportation services and show that our main results are robust to the extension.