Corruption, regulation, and investment incentives
We study the optimal design of regulation for innovative activities which can have negative social repercussions. We compare two alternative regimes which may provide firms with different incentives to innovate and produce: lenient authorization and strict authorization. We find that corruption play...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/185073 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/185073 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Corrupció Gestió de la innovació Innovacions tecnològiques Corruption Innovation management Technological innovations |
| Sumario: | We study the optimal design of regulation for innovative activities which can have negative social repercussions. We compare two alternative regimes which may provide firms with different incentives to innovate and produce: lenient authorization and strict authorization. We find that corruption plays a critical role in the choice of the authorization regime. Corruption exacerbates the costs of using lenient authorization, under which production of socially harmful goods is always authorized. In contrast, corruption can be socially beneficial under strict authorization, since it can mitigate an over-investment problem. Hence, more pervasive corruption favors the adoption of a strict authorization regime and may increase welfare. |
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