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Are Americans' musical preferences more omnivores today?

López-Sintas, Jordi; Torres, Anna; Zerva, Konstantina - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2006

Although we found a general trend favouring the omnivorousness thesis, as soon as we adjusted it to a set of structural factors and consumers’ tastes it was clear that this was caused by elitist inclusive omnivores who had increased the scope of their tastes. In general, younger cohorts were...

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The effects of uncertainty avoidance on brand performance: Marketing creativity, product innovation and the brand duration

Giarratana, Marco S.; Torres, Anna - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2007

. Marketing creativity and product innovation influence finally the firm marketing performance. Empirically, we study trademarked … the duration of the trademarks through the firm marketing creativity and product innovation. …This paper investigates the link between brand performance and cultural primes in high-risk, innovation-based sectors …

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Entrepreneurial risk, investment and innovation

Caggese, Andrea - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2006

innovation is stronger for the less diversified entrepreneurial firms, and is stronger in the absence of financing frictions in …

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The titling role of possession

Arruñada, Benito - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2014

This chapter proposes two hypotheses on the publicity requirement and the limitations of possession to provide information for legal titling. It then tests these hypotheses by examining how legal systems deal with possession in movable and immovable property, and comparing actual and documentary...

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The institutions of Roman markets

Arruñada, Benito - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2015

I analyze the basis of the market economy in classical Rome, from the perspective of personal-versus-impersonal exchange and focusing on the role of the state in providing market-enabling institutions. I start by reviewing the central conflict in all exchanges between those holding and those...

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Intellectual property rights and efficient firm organization

Ponzetto, Giacomo A. M. - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2008

, rather than dynamic benefits from greater innovation. I develop a property-rights model of a supply relationship with two …

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Property as an economic concept: Reconciling legal and economic conceptions of property rights in a Coasean framework

Arruñada, Benito - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2012

Adopting a simplistic view of Coase (1960), most economic analyses of property rights disregard both the key advantage that legal property rights (that is, in rem rights) provide to rightholders in terms of enhanced enforcement, and the difficulties they pose to acquirers in terms of information...

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Registries

Arruñada, Benito - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2014

Governments and international development agencies often fail in their efforts to build and reform property and company registries. They implement misguided policies rooted in a poor understanding of the role that registries play in the modern economy. This work aims to remedy this situation by...

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Prime property institutions for a subprime era: Toward innovative models of homeownership

Arruñada, Benito; Lehavi, Amnon - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2010

This Article breaks new ground toward contractual and institutional innovation in models of homeownership, equity …

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Electronic titling: Potential and risks

Arruñada, Benito - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2009

Initiatives in electronic conveyancing and registration show the potential of new technologies to transform such systems, reducing costs and enhancing legal security. However, they also incur substantial risks of transferring costs and risks among registries, conveyancers and rightholders,...

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