Competition and innovation in product quality: Theory and evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia

dc.contributor.author Fatma Nur Karaman Kabadurmuş
dc.contributor.author Sajal Lahiri
dc.contributor.author Lahiri, Sajal
dc.contributor.author Karaman, Fatma Nur
dc.date.accessioned 2025-10-06T17:52:33Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.description.abstract This paper examines how the degree of competition affects incentives to innovate in product quality in a symmetric Cournot oligopolistic model. We model product quality in a quality-ladder framework and find an inverted-U shaped relationship between the number of firms in an industry and R&D efforts in innovation. We test this theoretical prediction using firm-level data for Eastern European and Central Asian countries from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey and find strong support for it. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi 10.1515/bejeap-2012-0013
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dc.identifier.uri https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/9985
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dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH
dc.relation.ispartof The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
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dc.source B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
dc.subject Competition, Eeca, Product Quality, R&d
dc.subject EECA
dc.subject R&D
dc.subject Competition
dc.subject Product Quality
dc.title Competition and innovation in product quality: Theory and evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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