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Network Effects, Standardization, and the Internet: What Have We Learned From The DVD Vs. DIVX Battle?

Dranove, David; Gandal, Neil - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

standardization, that is, left alone the market may fail to achieve standardization when it is socially desirable and (2) even if the …

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The Rules of Standard Setting Organizations: An Empirical Analysis

Chiao, Benjamin; Lerner, Josh; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper empirically explores standard-setting organizations’ policy choices. Consistent with Lerner-Tirole (2006), we find (a) a negative relationship between the extent to which an SSO is oriented to technology sponsors and the concession level required of sponsors and (b) a positive...

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Direct and Indirect Network Effects are Equivalent: A Comment on “Direct and Indirect Network Effects: Are They Equivalent?”

Church, Jeffrey; Gandal, Neil - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

do not, in the case of indirect network effects, make standardization more likely, but (ii) indirect network effects are … associated with excessive standardization. We show in Clements’ framework that neither of these results are correct …: standardization is more likely as the number of software firms increases and when the type of market equilibrium is unique— there are …

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Legal Evolution, Contract Evolution, and Standardization

Gennaioli, Nicola; Perotti, Enrico C; Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

law matures. Contract standardization avoids this cost, statically improving enforcement; but it crowds out innovative …

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The Early Modern Great Divergence: Wages, Prices and Economic Development in Europe and Asia, 1500-1800

Broadberry, Stephen N; Gupta, Bishnupriya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Contrary to the claims of Pomeranz, Parthasarathi and other ‘world historians’, the prosperous parts of Asia between …. The ‘Great Divergence’ between Europe and Asia was already well underway before 1800. …

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Prospective Deficits and the Asian Currency Crises

Burnside, Craig; Eichenbaum, Martin; Rebelo, Sérgio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper argues that the recent Southeast Asian currency crises was caused by large prospective deficits associated with implicit bailout guarantees to failing banking systems. We articulate this view using a simple dynamic general equilibrium model whose key feature is that a speculative...

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Chinese Currency Controversies

Eichengreen, Barry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper reviews the controversy over China’s exchange rate regime. Placing the issue in the context of the literature on exit strategies, it argues that now is the best time for China to exit from its peg. Moving to a managed float would be in the country’s own interest; it would help the...

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Inflation Targeting and Inflation Persistence in Asia

Gerlach, Stefan; Tillmann, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Following the Asian financial crisis in 1997-98, a number of Asian central banks adopted inflation targeting. We explore how successful this framework has been by looking at the persistence of inflation, as measured by the sum of the coefficients in an autoregressive model for inflation, using a...

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Geography and the Determinants of Firm Exports in Indonesia

Farole, Thomas; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tselios, Vassilis; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper uses data from the Indonesian manufacturing census in order to uncover the determinants of firm exports over the period 1990-2005. We examine to what extent differences in firm export propensity and intensity are a consequence of firm-level (microeconomic), of place-based...

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The arrival of cheap goods: Measuring the impact of Chinese import competition on Nordic prices

Auer, Raphael; Fischer, Andreas M; Kropf, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

What is the impact of Chinese import competition on Nordic producer prices? In a panel covering 23 (2 digit) NACE manufacturing sectors from 1995 to 2008, instrumental variable estimations predict that when Chinese imports capture a 1% increase in market share, Nordic producer prices decrease by...

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