研討日期

2010年05月01日上午10:00 ~ 13:00

研討地點

台大社會科學院電化教室

討論題目

題目

作者

文獻出處

Endogenous R&D and foreign direct investment in international oligopolies

 

Maria-Luisa Petit

and

Francesca Sanna-Randaccio

 

 

International Journal of Industrial Organization

2000

報告人

王佳琪

參加人員

黃鴻    梁文榮    林燕淑    張瑞雲    曾靜枝    王羿傑    王光正    蔡明芳    高國峯    周冰瑤    陳宏易    鐘嘒陵    王佳琪    陳金盛    林晏如    涂光億    丁虹仁    周品旭    施姵全

 

討論提要

   Multinational firms not only control world trade and FDI but also play a major role in the development and diffusion of technology. This paper examines the impact of the firms’ mode of foreign expansion on the incentive to innovate as well as the effects of R&D activities and technological spillovers on the firm’s international strategy. In addition, the welfare implications also be discussed.

結論

This paper considers a two country imperfect competition model where the firms face three different type of decisions: how to expand abroad, how much to spend on R&D and how much to sell in each market.

(1) The impact of market structure on the incentive to innovation.

●          A positive relationship between multinational expansion and R&D investment.

●          The level of R&D is higher if the firms are MNEs rather than exporter.

(2) The effect of R&D activities and technological spillovers on the MNE’s entry mode.

●          Investment in research increases the likelihood of multinational.

●          A high value of spillover parameter tends to discourage multinational expansion.

(3) The welfare implications of different market configurations

l   Consumer welfare is higher in both countries when the firms are MNEs instead of exports.

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