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This paper develops a theory of firm selection and growth and embeds it into an international trade framework of …
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In this paper we explore the implication of a morbidity risk for the relationship between longevity and annuitization. We divide old-age life into two periods with uncertain survival from the end of the first to the end of the second. We show that a rise in the survival rate causes different...
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This paper investigates how different damage rules in patent infringement cases shape competition when intellectual property rights are probabilistic. I develop a simple model of oligopolistic competition to compare two main liability doctrines that have been used in the US to assess...
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We study how mandatory online disclosure of supermarket prices affects prices and price dispersion in brick … in price dispersion and a 4% to 5% drop in prices following the transparency regulation. The price drop varied across …, we show that prices declined as more consumers used price-comparison websites, and we highlight the role of media …
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-patterns of reserve price formation. We find that chosen reserve prices exhibit both, very sophisticated and 'irrational' behavior … (2008) and are adjusted remarkably nuanced to the resulting sales price pattern. Moreover, reserve prices are too clustered … entitlement effects and the sunk cost fallacy as there is a huge positive effect on the reserve price when the player has been …
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. Both modes of innovation are expected to raise a firm's propensity to export. According to new trade theory, we conjecture …
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We study how harmonization of corporate tax systems affects the stability of international cartels. We show that tax base harmonization reinforces collusive agreements, while harmonization of corporate tax rates may destabilize or stabilize cartels. We also find that bilateral and full...
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, due to heterogeneous patient response. We create such a framework using two-price programs developed in the economics of … pharmaceutical reimbursement like capitation and value-based pricing. Two-price programs substantially reduce uncertainty for both …
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medicines conflicts with traditional sources of arbitrage (e.g., price and income differences) and instead is a form of … regulation, and not by price differences in line with the hypothesis of ‘regulatory arbitrage' …
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We consider a therapeutic market with potentially three pharmaceutical firms. Two of the firms offer horizontally differentiated brand-name drugs. One of the brand-name drugs is a new treatment under patent protection that will be introduced if the profits are sufficient to cover the entry...
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