R&D in developing countries: what should governments do?

Neary, J. Peter (2000) R&D in developing countries: what should governments do? CEPDP (464). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK. ISBN 0753013908

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Abstract

I consider the implications of recent research for R&D policy in developing countries. Typical new growth models, which assume free entry and no strategic behaviour by R&D producers, are less appropriate for policy guidance than strategic oligopoly models. But the latter have ambiguous implications for targeted R&D subsidies, and caution against the anti-competitive effects of research joint ventures. A better policy is to raise the economy-wide level of research expertise. This avoids the need for governments to pick winners, is less prone to capture, and dilutes the strategic disincentive to undertake R&D with unappropriable spillovers.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://cep.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information:	© 2000 J.P Neary
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2008 13:45
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 19:42
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/20174

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