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- Title
EMISSION TAXES, CLEAN TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION, AND PRODUCT MARKET COLLUSION: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE.
- Authors
Yong, Soo Keong; Friesen, Lana; McDonald, Stuart
- Abstract
We use a laboratory experiment to study the link between cooperative research and development (R&D) in clean technology and collusion in a downstream product market in the presence of a time‐consistent emissions tax. Such a tax creates additional interconnections between firms, in addition to the standard technological spillovers. Our results show a strong link between R&D cooperation and market collusion under symmetric R&D spillovers in a duopoly, but when the spillovers are asymmetric, R&D cooperation does not necessarily result in collusion. With symmetric spillovers, the link between R&D cooperation and collusion remains strong even in three‐ and four‐firm industries. (JEL C90, L5, O30, Q55)
- Subjects
EMISSION control; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); POLLUTION control industry; CLEAN development mechanism (Emission control); BASELINE emissions; CARBON offsetting; INTERNATIONAL cooperation
- Publication
Economic Inquiry, 2018, Vol 56, Issue 4, p1950
- ISSN
0095-2583
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ecin.12573