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Patent Scope and Technology Choice
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
This paper analyzes the effect of an increase in patent scope on R&D and innovation. It presents a model where patent … duplication of R&D. The model predicts that an increase in patent scope can increase the probability of innovation if the … incumbent’s profit increase from innovation is large and the patented technology has a small advantage over the alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207060
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Entrepreneurial Innovations, Entrepreneurship Policy and Globalization
Douhan, Robin; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
What explains the world-wide trend of pro-entrepreneurial policies in the last few decades? We study entrepreneurial policy in a lobbying model taking into account the con.ict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown that international market integration leads to more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963484
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A Reexamination of Renewable Electricity Policy in Sweden
Fridolfsson, Sven-Olof; Tangerås, Thomas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
Green certificates are the main instrument for promoting renewable electricity (RES-E) in Sweden. But certificates cover only a limited share of total RES-E production. Under partial coverage, crowding out may arise whereby costly new RES-E replaces inexpensive old RES-E. Granting certificates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555253
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Government Failure: The Case of Global Environmental Mismanagement
Andersson, Thomas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1990
Pollution and polluters can move across national boundaries, but governments which seek to maximize social welfare should coordinate optimal environmental protection through transfer payments or commitments. However, governments may respond to political pressure rather than maximize social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818452
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Net neutrality and inflation of traffic
Schuett, Florian; Peitz, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2015
Under strict net neutrality Internet service providers (ISPs) are required to carry<br/>data without any differentiation and at no cost to the content provider. We provide a simple framework with a monopoly ISP to evaluate different net neutrality rules. Content differs in its sensitivity to delay....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011211223
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The Social Cost of Regulation and Lack of Competition in Sweden
Fölster, Stefan; Peltzman, Sam - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611584
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Optimal Transmission Regulation in an Integrated Energy Market
Tangerås, Thomas P. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
The capacity of the transmission network determines the extent of integration of a multinational energy market. Cross-border externalities render coordination of network maintenance and investments across countries valuable. Is it then optimal to collect powers in the hands of a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008494014
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Competition vs. Regulation in Mobile Telecommunications
Stennek, Johan; Tangerås, Thomas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show that the monopolistic outcome prevails independently of market concentration when access prices are determined in bilateral negotiations. A light-handed regulatory policy can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190638
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Regulation of Cost and Quality under Yardstick Competition
Tangerås, Thomas P. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2002
This paper analyses simultaneous regulation of cost and quality when firms have private, correlated information about productivity and the regulator receives a signal about quality. It is shown that managerial effort and expenditures on quality are positively correlated in the optimal contract....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419539
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International Network Competition
Tangerås, Thomas; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
We analyse network competition in a market with international calls. National regulatory agencies (NRAs) have incentives to set regulated termination rates above marginal cost to extract rent from international call termination. International network ownership and deregulation are alternatives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742089