Commercializing public technology through cooperative R&D

We analyze 582 R&D agreements between Air Force agencies and outside partners. Agenices choose partners and contractual terms consistent with predictions from a rational model, which suggests that they could be incentive efficient from an ex ante perspective.

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Published inEconomics letters Vol. 108; no. 2; pp. 113 - 115
Main Authors Ciccotello, Conrad S., Fu, Richard, Subramanian, Ajay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.08.2010
Elsevier
SeriesEconomics Letters
Subjects
Contracting
Contracting Cooperative R&D Public technology
Cooperative R&D
Innovation diffusion
New technology
Public technology
Research and development
Contracting
O3
Cooperative R&D
Public technology
L24
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Summary:We analyze 582 R&D agreements between Air Force agencies and outside partners. Agenices choose partners and contractual terms consistent with predictions from a rational model, which suggests that they could be incentive efficient from an ex ante perspective.
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ISSN:0165-1765
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DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2010.04.036