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Outsourcing in Contests
Meland, Frode - 2006
We study ex post outsourcing of production in an imperfectly discriminating contest, interpreted here as a research tournament or a procurement contest for being awarded some production contract. We find that the possibility of outsourcing increases competition between the contestants, leading...
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Coerced Labor in the Cotton Sector : How Global Commodity Prices (Don't) Transmit to the Poor
Danzer, Alexander M. - 2016
This paper investigates the economic fortunes of coerced vs. free workers in a global supply chain. To identify the differential treatment of otherwise similar workers we resort to a unique exogenous labor demand shock that affects wages in voluntary and involuntary labor relations differently....
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Knowing the Damages is Not Enough : The General Equilibrium Impacts of Climate Change
Kalkuhl, Matthias - 2016
We show that economies may exhibit a strong endogenous macroeconomic adaptation response to climate change. If climate change induces a structural change to the more productive sector, economies can benefit from climate change though productivities in both sectors are reduced. If climate change...
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Formal Contracts, Relational Contracts, and the Threat-Point Effect
Itoh, Hideshi - 2011
Can formal contracts help resolving the holdup problem? We address this important question by studying the holdup problem in repeated transactions between a seller and a buyer in which the seller can make relation-specific investments in each period. In contrast to previous findings, we...
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Incomplete Specialization and Offshoring Across Europe
Frensch, Richard - 2012
Recent empirical studies have been searching for evidence on and driving forces for offshoring. Frequently, this has been done by analyzing gross trade flows related to offshore activities using gravity equations augmented by ad hoc measures of supply-side country differences. This paper...
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Vertical Licensing, Input Pricing, and Entry
Bakaouka, Elpiniki - 2017
welfare implications of vertical licensing …
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Market Power of the Input Supplier, Technology Transfer and Consumer Welfare
Cao, Jiyun - 2014
contract. Both these effects may create higher consumer welfare under market power of the input supplier compared to a …
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Frand Royalties and Injunctions for Standard Essential Patents
Choi, Jay Pil - 2014
I develop a stylized model of court procedures that resolve disputes concerning FRAND-encumbered standard essential patents (SEPs). I analyze the effects of injunctions and potential court-imposed FRAND rates on negotiated royalty rates. The SEP-holders' ability to hold-up is constrained by the...
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Asymmetric Innovation Agreements Under Environmental Regulation
Aoyama, Naoto - 2018
domestic welfare. We consider the potential implementation of three innovation agreements: cooperative research joint venture … competitiveness of the domestic firm and welfare. A subsidy policy that induces the foreign firm to accept a feasible cooperative RJV … when it strictly prefers a feasible non-cooperative RJV is always welfare improving …
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The Economics of Pending Patents
Koenen, Johannes - 2015
We provide a treatment of a number of questions pertaining to pending patents – a subject that has so-far mainly been discussed en-passant in the existing literature. We present the underlying institutional and legal framework that governs pending patents and some basic facts related to them....
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