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Innovation Rent Formula
Innovation rent is calculated as the difference between the profits a firm earns from implementing a new technology and the profits it would have made if it had continued to use the same technology as its competitors. The formula is:
\begin{align*} \text{innovation rent} = &\text{ profits from using the new technology} \\ &- \text{profits if you continued with the same technology} \\ &\text{ as your competitors} \end{align*}
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