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build an alternative model to explain software piracy including the a forementioned variables. The results suggest that …
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This Paper discusses a number of issues in the context of the debate on intellectual property in less developed countries (LDCs). It starts by discussing the consequences of IP enforcement in LDCs for global innovation and welfare in poorer countries. It then considers the costs and benefits of...
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This paper develops a simple model of piracy to analyze its effects on prices and welfare and to study the optimal … may be responsible for the control of piracy. We show that copying or piracy might be welfare enhancing because it is a … to finance the development cost via the pricing scheme applied to high valuation consumers. The level of piracy control …
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piracy there are goods that the South will not produce. Piracy will then lead to a reallocation of innovative activity in … dynamic learning externalities than the other goods, and that their share in consumption is small. Thus, whether or not piracy …) from piracy than the South, because monopoly profits eventually accrue to the North, the South may lose more than the North …
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This paper gives an overview of some issues related to market aluation, focusing on the developments on the New York equity markets. The 42.4 p.c. fall in the S&P 500 price index between 24 March 2000 - when it reached its all-time high - and 31 December 2002 is situated in a very long term...
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This paper looks at the impact on Australia’s trade in crops (non-wheat grains and oilseeds) where GM technology has been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading...
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disparities in prices across regions. Priorities for research and policy are therefore understanding the behavior of farmers in …
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from, and the migrants themselves and their families. Yet existing research on the effects of Gulf migration is marked by … research agenda on the effects of GCC migration is described and offer an example of the approach. Gulf-based think tanks and … other institutions have a major opportunity to seize the spotlight for research in this increasingly important area, meet a …
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Society for Research and Initiatives for Technologies and Institutions [SRISTI] has pioneered a knowledge intensive …
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