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Langus, Gregor; Lipatov, Vilen - 2022

We study the question whether a holder of standard essential patents (SEPs) should be allowed to choose the level in the value chain at which to offer a FRAND license to its SEPs. We give a pos-itive answer to this question for two reasons. First, the SEP holder and the social planner tend to...

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Dragnet-Controls and Government Ideology

Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

In many European countries established leftwing and rightwing parties have been threatened by policy convergence and, in turn, new populist parties that offer more polarized platforms. I investigate whether government ideology influences dragnet-controls - controls of persons conducted by the...

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Green Governments

Potrafke, Niklas; Wuthrich, Kaspar - 2021

We examine how Green governments influence macroeconomic, education, and environmental outcomes. We exploit that the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan gave rise to an unanticipated change in government in the German state Baden-Wuerttemberg in 2011. Using the synthetic control method, we find...

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Mavericks, Universal, and Common Owners - the Largest Shareholders of U.S. Public Firms

Amel-Zadeh, Amir; Kasperk, Fiona; Schmalz, Martin - 2022

We construct a novel data set to show that, between 2003-2020, up to one-fifth of America’s largest firms had a non-financial blockholder or insider as their largest shareholder. Blockholders and insiders tend to be less diversified than institutional investors. Measures of “universal” and...

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Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccinations : Vaccine Administration and Delivery Efficiency in the United States

Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2021

drivers of the administration and delivery efficiency of coronavirus vaccines. For this purpose, we use data from the 50 US … economic prosperity and rural population aid vaccine administration and delivery efficiency. Delivery efficiency improves in … health workers, including physicians and nurses, did not significantly impact administration or efficiency. On the other hand …

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Efficient Taxation of Fuel and Road Use

Bjertnæs, Geir H. - 2020

This study calculates efficient taxes on gasoline and road use designed to combat driving related externalities when motorists avoid taxes due to an excessive economic driving-style. The efficient tax on gasoline is reduced below the Pigouvian rate due to such avoidance. The current US tax rate...

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Non-Competitive Wage-Setting as a Cause of Unfriendly and Inefficient Leadership

Dur, Robert - 2019

This paper develops a simple economic model to examine how leadership styles in organizations depend on the prevailing wage-setting conditions for workers. In particular, we examine a leader who can - in addition to the use of monetary incentives - motivate a worker by adopting leadership styles...

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