Empirical studies on market power and innovation by leaders

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780161
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: KATO Masatoshi 関西学院大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80507707)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 競争 / イノベーション / 国際競争力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Using a newly constructed panel data set, I examined the effects of market power on innovation activities and international competitiveness in Japanese manufacturing industries covering the 1990s and 2000s. First, I investigated the effects of price-cost margins (as a measure of competition intensity) on world market share (as a measure of international competitiveness) at the industry level. Second, I explored the role of the turnover of market leaders in the growth rate of R&D intensity as a measure of innovation activities at the industry level.

Free Research Field

産業組織、イノベーション