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Development of Open Source Software for Power Market Research: The AMES Test Bed

Li, Hongyan; Tesfatsion, Leigh S. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2009

Open Source Software (OSS) expresses the idea that developers should be able to license the publication of their … software in a manner permitting anyone to freely use, modify, and distribute the software. Today OSS is widely used in the … software industry, such as for language development tools (e.g., NetBeans for Java), office document processors (e …

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Intellectual Property in Plant Breeding: Comparing Different Levels and Forms of Protection

Lence, Sergio H.; Hayes, Dermot J.; Alston, Julian; … - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2015

scenario where patents and licensing co-exist dominates PVP in all commercially relevant areas. …

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Impact of Intellectual Property Rights in the Seed Sector on Crop Yield Growth and Social Welfare: A Case Study Approach

Hayes, Dermot J.; Lence, Sergio H.; Goggi, Susana - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2010

A case-study approach is used to track research funding decisions made by the private seed sector. The three cases chosen provide a range of intellectual property protection (IPP) environments, crops, and companies, namely, (1) wheat in the United States and the European Union, (2)...

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Welfare Impacts of Cross-Country Spillovers in Agricultural Research

Lence, Sergio H.; Hayes, Dermot J. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2007

The welfare implications of intellectual property protection (IPP) for private sector agricultural research are analyzed, focusing on the realistic cases where countries provide different IPP levels, technology spills over across countries, and the public sector is involved in research. A model...

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Insuring Customers of a Unionized Firm Against Loss of Network Benefits

Frankel, David M. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2015

We study how optimally to insure customers of a unionized firm, such as an auto maker, against the loss of network benefits that occurs when other consumers abandon the firm. The union first announces a wage. A random demand shock is then realized. The firm then chooses its price and,...

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Open-Source Software for Power Industry Research, Teaching, and Training: A DC Optimal Power Flow Illustration

Sun, Junjie; Tesfatsion, Leigh S. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2007

Software currently available for power industry studies is largely proprietary. Lack of open-source access prevents … experiment with new software features, and hinders users from tailoring software to specific training scenarios. This study …

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An Agent-Based Computational Laboratory for Wholesale Power Market Design

Sun, Junjie; Tesfatsion, Leigh S. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2007

This study reports on the model development and open-source implementation (in Java) of an agent-based computational wholesale power market organized in accordance with core FERC-recommended design features and operating over a realistically rendered transmission grid subject to congestion...

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