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opportunity cost of cash holdings leads to a decrease in innovation and economic growth, which in turn decreases labor …
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A principal uses security bid auctions to award an incentive contract to one among several agents, in the presence of hidden action and hidden information. Securities range from cash to equity and call options. “Steeper†securities are better surplus extractors that narrow the gap...
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A special characteristic of the patent system is that it features multiple patent-policy levers that can be employed by policymakers. In this study, we develop a quality-ladder model to analyze the optimal mix of patent instruments. Specifically, we consider (a) patent breadth and (b) the...
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We consider a licensing mechanism for process innovations that combines a license auction with royalty contracts to those who lose the auction. Firms’ bids are dual signals of their cost reductions: the winning bid signals the own cost reduction to rival oligopolists, whereas the losing...
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This paper reconsiders the licensing of a common value innovation to a downstream duopoly, assuming a dual licensing …
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IPR protection and innovation, but the evidence is stronger for developed countries than for developing countries. Thirdly …, the optimal level of IPR protection should tradeoff the social benefits of enhanced innovation against the social costs of …
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The literature on R&D contests implicitly assumes that contestants submit their innovation regardless of its value …
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This paper revisits the licensing of a non–drastic process innovation by an outside innovator to a Cournot oligopoly …
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This study develops a Schumpeterian growth model to analyze the effects of different patent instruments on innovation …. We first analyze patent breadth that captures the traditional positive effect of patent rights on innovation. Then, we … assigned to incumbents reduces entrants' incentives for innovation. This aspect of blocking patents captures the recently …
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This study develops an R&D-based growth model with basic and applied research to analyze the growth and welfare effects of two patent instruments (a) the patentability of basic R&D and (b) the division of profi�t between basic and applied researchers. We �find that for the purpose of...
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