Cooperation in knowledge sharing and R&D investment
通过实验室实验，研究了当知识共享决策由参与者自主决定时，研发投资中的合作行为，发现知识共享与投资决策之间存在行为溢出效应，且沟通在自主共享时更能促进合作。
This paper reports a laboratory experiment that provides insights on cooperation in R&D investment when knowledge sharing decisions are endogenous. Specifically, there are two types of treatments: one in which participants decide on whether to share knowledge before they make their investment decisions and one where the knowledge sharing constellation is exogenously given, both with and without non-binding communication. The results show that there are behavioral spillovers between the decisions on knowledge sharing and investment. When exogenously set, the degree of symmetric knowledge sharing does not affect cooperation. Communication increases cooperation more when participants can decide on knowledge sharing.