The present paper discusses the role of quality in patent systems from the perspective of patent offices' behavior and … quality level of their examination processes. Various objectives of patent offices' governors are considered. We show that the … quality of the patent system is maximal for the patent offices that maximises either the social welfare or its own profit …

choose their quality level before engaging a price competition. We first show that the indirect effect of the quota on the … sales of the domestic producer are different depending on whether his product quality is high or low. The analysis developed … nonexistence of pure strategy Nash equilibria, we characterise all equilibria of the pricing game and solve the quality choice game …

We consider a stage-game where the entrant may simultaneously commit to its product's quality and the level of its … production capacity before price competition takes place. We show that capacity limitation is more effective than quality … local strategic substitutability whereas quality differentiation only alters the intensity of price competition. …

incumbent firm rather than imposing a "Minimum Quality Standard" in order to help the entrant to provide high quality. As a by …

characteristic space, and consumers do not know which firm sells which quality. Equilibrium prices consist of two additive terms …, which balance consumers' relative valuation of goods' expected quality and consumers' preferences for variety. However the …

have an impact on the average quality of exports. Yet, in evaluating (ex-ante) trade policy effects, there are no studies … tiling into account the role of the change in quality. In this paper the choice of quality is endogenized in a two-stage game …. Results change dramatically if quality effects are taken into account: the downgrading in Japanese exports entails a strong …

-stage model with quality choice made before price competition takes place, we show that EU antidumping policy that takes the form … impact of the A-D policy on quality choices is taken into account, European Welfare as well as profits accruing to the …