market, hence increases its innovation efforts. A tariff policy accompanied by opening borders to PI only increases welfare …This paper studies the consequences of parallel import (PI) on process innovation of firms heterogeneous in their … production technology. In an international setting where foreign markets differ with respect to their intellectual property …

abatement costs are variable, a higher level of responsibility may reduce social welfare. Finally, the first best allocation is …

-agglomeration (fewer cities, which tend to be over-sized) and low welfare; ii) the higher the level of spatial (i.e. transport costs) and …

developing countries (South) through its impact on innovation, market structure and technology transfer. In a North-South trade … stimulates innovation by pushing multinationals to deter entry in high-technology sectors. …This paper analyzes welfare implications of protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) in the framework of TRIPS for …

of location of duopoly firms affects the welfare of the home country. We characterize the relationship between the …

The paper examines the determinants that influence the environmental innovation behaviour of companies in Germany in a … multivariate context by using data from the Mannheimer Innovations Panel 1993, which was part of the Community Innovation Survey …. The objective is to analyse the general structures of the determinants of environmental innovation, as well as the …