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The effect of regulatory harmonization on cross-border labor migration : evidence from the accounting profession
Bloomfield, Matthew J.; Brüggemann, Ulf; Christensen, … - 2015
question, we analyze European Union (EU) initiatives that harmonized accounting and auditing standards. Regulatory … harmonization should reduce economic mobility barriers, essentially making it easier for accounting professionals to move across … countries. Our research design compares the cross-border migration of accounting professionals relative to tightly-matched other …
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Use and abuse of antidumping by global cartels
Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Hoffstadt, Martin - 2020
Antidumping creates opportunities for abuse to stifle market competition. Whether cartels actually abuse trade policy … quantity effects of antidumping in cartel products. We find that the use of antidumping in cartel industries helps to maintain … effect is present both for antidumping cases that result in duties and cases that are withdrawn by the petitioning industry. …
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Litigation with Symmetric Bargaining and Two-Sided Incomplete Information
Friedman, Daniel; Wittman, Donald A. - 2003
We construct game theoretic foundations for bargaining in the shadow of a trial. Plaintiff and defendant both have noisy signals of a common-value trial judgment and make simultaneous offers to settle. If the offers cross, they settle on the average offer; otherwise, both litigants incur an...
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Comparative Analysis of Litigation Systems: An Auction-Theoretic Approach
Baye, Michael R.; Kovenock, Daniel J.; Vries, Casper G. de - 2000
A simple auction-theoretic framework is used to examine symmetric litigation environments where the legal ownership of a disputed asset is unknown by the court. The court observes only the quality of the case presented by each party, and awards the asset to the party presenting the best case....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781653
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Optimal cross-licensing arrangements : collusion versus entry deterrence
Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2018
This paper analyzes optimal cross-licensing arrangements between incumbent firms in the presence of potential entrants. The optimal cross-licensing royalty rate trades off incentives to sustain a collusive outcome vis-a-vis incentives to deter entry with the threat of patent litigation. We show...
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Pools and cross-licensing in the shadow of patent litigation
Choi, Jay Pil - 2003
Most patent pools are formed in the shadow of patent litigation as an attempt to settle disputes in regard to conflicting infringement claims and the validity of patents. To reflect this reality, I develop a simple framework to analyze the incentives to form a patent pool or engage in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401377
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Labour disputes and the game of legal representation
Fraisse, Henri - 2010
This paper explores the prisoner's dilemma that may result when workers and firms are involved in labour disputes and must decide whether to hire a lawyer to be represented at trial. Using a representative data set of labour disputes in the UK and a large population of French unfair dismissal...
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Conflict, settlement, and the shadow of the future
McBride, Michael; Skaperdas, Stergios - 2009
In many instances of potential violent or non-violent conflict the future strategic positions of adversaries are very different when there is open conflict than when there is settlement. In such environments we show that, as the future becomes more important, open conflict becomes more likely...
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Emotions in litigation contests
Baumann, Florian; Friehe, Tim - 2011
This paper introduces the concept of emotions into the standard litigation contest. Positive (negative) emotions emerge when litigants win (lose) at trial and are dependent in particular on the level of defendant fault. Our findings establish that standard results of litigation contests change...
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Patent pools, litigation and innovation
Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2013
This paper analyzes patent pools and their effects on innovation incentives. It is shown that the pro-competitive effects of patent pools for complementary patents naturally extend for dynamic innovation incentives. However, this simple conclusion may not hold if we entertain the possibility...
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