Dynamic R&D incentives with network externalities [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Daniel Cerquera Dussán

Dynamic R&D Incentives withNetwork ExternalitiesInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des GradesDoctor oeconomiae publicae (Dr. oec. publ.)an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit¨at Munc¨ hen2005vorgelegt vonDaniel Cerquera Duss´anReferent: Prof. Stefan Mittnik, Ph.D.Korreferent: Prof. Dr. Monika SchnitzerPromotionsabschlussberatung: 13. Juli 2005A mis padresAcknowledgmentsI would like to thank Prof. Stefan Mittnik, PhD. and Toker Doganoglu, PhD. for con-tinuous guidance and support. Colleagues at the Center for Information and NetworkEconomics at the University of Munich are still a source of motivation and encourage-ment.I would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Monika Schnitzer who agreed to be mysecond supervisor and provided a very useful environment to exchange ideas throughthe internal seminars at the Seminar for Comparative Economics.Thisdissertationhasgreatlybenefitedfromvaluablecommentsandsuggestionsob-tainedatinternalseminarsattheUniversityofMunich,theconferenceoftheEuropeanAssociation of Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE, 2004) and student presen-tations at the Kiel-Munich workshop on the Economics of Information and NetworkIndustries (2003, 2004).Generous financial assistance by Volskwagen Stiftung and the Munich GraduateSchool of Economics makes this research agenda possible.ContentsIntroduction i1 R&D Incentives in Network Industries 11.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 The Model . .