A note on testing for complementarity and substitutability in the case of multiple practices

Martin Carree, Boris Lokshin and Rene Belderbos

No 2010-056, MERIT Working Papers from United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)

Abstract: Recent empirical studies of firm-level performance have tested complementarity in the case of multiple practices. These papers have drawn conclusions using potentially biased estimates of pair-wise interaction effects. We develop a consistent and simple testing framework and test it against alternatives.

Keywords: Complementarity; Supermodularity; Firm performance; R&D Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 D24 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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