Quasi-Rational R&D Behavior in an Environment with Fundamental Uncertainty
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Keywords
bounded rationality; duopoly; innovation; experiment; R&D competition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2012-08-23 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-INO-2012-08-23 (Innovation)
- NEP-UPT-2012-08-23 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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