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Rules of proof, courts, and incentives
Demougin, Dominique (contributor); Fluet, Claude (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003498654
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Optimal liability when consumers mispredict product usage
Baniak, Andrzej; Grajzl, Peter - 2016
We contrast alternative liability rules for social control of product risks when heterogeneous consumers considering purchasing a durable good due to cognitive errors and biases mispredict future product benefits and, thus, the extent of future product usage. Since the expected consumer harm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475973
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The economics of platform liability
Lefouili, Yassine; Madio, Leonardo - 2021
Public authorities in many jurisdictions are concerned about the proliferation of illegal content and products on online platforms. In this paper, we provide an economic appraisal of platform liability that highlights the effects of a stricter liability rule on several key variables such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012438368
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Platform liability and innovation
Jeon, Doh-Shin; Lefouili, Yassine; Madio, Leonardo - 2022
We study a platformâs incentives to delist IP-infringing products and the effects of holding the platform liable for the presence of such products on innovation and consumer welfare. For a given number of buyers, platform liability increases innovation by reducing the competitive pressure faced...
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Spite in litigation
Mill, Wladislaw; Stäbler, Jonathan - 2023
This paper studies how litigation and settlement behavior is affected by agents motivated by spiteful preferences under the American and the English fee-shifting rule. We conduct an experiment and find that litigation expenditures and settlement requests are higher for more spiteful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013555697
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U.S. multinationals and preferential market access
Blanchard, Emily; Matschke, Xenia - 2012
This paper examines the relationship between offshoring activity by U.S. multinational firms and the structure of U.S trade preferences. We combine firm level panel data on U.S. foreign affiliate activity from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) with detailed measures of U.S. trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570705
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How far away is an intangible? : services FDI and distance
Davies, Ronald B.; Guillin, Amélie - 2011
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in services has grown significantly in recent years. Evidence of spatial relationships in FDI decisions have been provided for goods manufacturing by utilizing physical distance-based measures of trade costs. This paper investigates spatial interactions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307953
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The location of cross-border mergers & acquisitions in the USA
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2015 - First version: October 2014, this version: April 2015
neglected. In this paper we analyze the within country location-target selection of M&As in the USA. Extending Guadalupe (2012 … the USA for the period 1985-2012, we compare location choices of cross-border M&As to that of national M&As. We find that … across the USA than national M&As, and that for both forms of M&As location specific market access in the USA as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515424
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Thin capitalization rules and multinational firm capital structure
Blouin, Jennifer L.; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; … - 2014
This paper examines the impact of thin capitalization rules that limit the tax deductibility of interest on the capital structure of the foreign affiliates of US multinationals. We construct a new data set on thin capitalization rules in 54 countries for the period 1982-2004. Using confidential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256736
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Global collaborative patents
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...
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