Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. Refereed Journal // 2017

    Estimating Dynamic R&D Demand: An Analysis of Costs and Long-Run Benefits

    This article estimates a dynamic structural model of discrete Research and Development (R&D) investment and quantifies its cost and long-run benefit for German manufacturing firms. The model incorporates…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2017

    Dynamic R&D Choice and the Impact of the Firm’s Financial Strength

    This article investigates how a firm's financial strength affects its dynamic decision to invest in R&D. We estimate a dynamic model of R&D choice using data for German firms in high-tech manufacturing…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Adversarial Decision Making: Choosing between Models Constructed by Interested Parties

    In this article, we characterize adversarial decision making as a choice between competing interpretations of evidence (models) constructed by interested parties. We show that if a court cannot perfectly…