Bias in Market R&D Portfolios

Based on a simple "contest" model of product innovation, we provide a necessary and sufficient condition for the market to be biased against risky R&D projects. We find that, in accordance with conventional wisdom and contrary to much of the previous theoretical literature, market comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cabral, Luís M. B. (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/85864
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/85864