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Imitation and the evolution of Walrasian behavior : theoretically fragile but behaviorally robust

Apesteguia, Jose; Huck, Steffen; Oechssler, Joerg; … - 2008

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641693

Tax competition, relative performance and policy imitation

Wagener, Andreas - 2009

Rather than about absolute payoffs, governments in fiscal competition often seem to care about their performance relative to other governments. Moreover, they often appear to mimic policies observed elsewhere. We study such behaviour in a tax competition game with mobile capital à la...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003871945

Competition, imitation, and R&D productivity in a growth model with sector-specific patent protection

Mosel, Malte - 2010

and growth carries over to the Cournot set-up. -- competition ; imitation ; innovation ; Schumpeterian growth ; sector …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003982010

Labor unions, globalization, and mercantilism

Grieben, Wolf-Heimo; Sener, Fuat - 2009

We analyze the growth and welfare effects of globalization in a dynamic Schumpeterian North-South product-cycle model. Economic growth is driven by R&D activities of Northern entrepreneurs. Top Northern production technologies are imitated by the South. In the North, there is wage bargaining...

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Technological imitation and innovation in New European Union Markets

Uzagalieva, Ainura; Kočenda, Evžen; Menezes, Antonio - 2010

We analyze the role of imitation and innovation in promoting technological progress in new members of European Union …: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The two modes of technological development - innovation and imitation … ; innovation ; imitation ; international trade ; European Union …

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Cutting too close? : design protection and innovation in fashion goods

Hackett, Petal Jean - 2012

design protection ; imitation ; licensing …

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Universal intellectual property rights : too much of a good thing?

Auriol, Emmanuelle; Biancini, Sara; Paillacar, Rodrigo - 2013

This paper studies the incentives that developing countries have to protect intellectual properties rights (IPR). On the one hand, free-riding on rich countries technology reduces their investment cost in R&D. On the other hand, firm that violates IPR cannot legally export in a country that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764430

Imitation : theory and experimental evidence

Alpesteguia, Jose; Huck, Steffen; Oechssler, Joerg - 2003

We introduce a generalized theoretical approach to study imitation models and subject themodels to rigorous … experimental testing. In our theoretical analysis we find that the differentpredictions of previous imitation models are due to … the generalized imitation model predicts the differences betweentreatments well. The data also provide support for …

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Reputational herding in financial markets : a laboratory experiment

Roider, Andreas; Voskort, Andrea - 2015

We study reputational herding in financial markets in a laboratory experiment. In the spirit of Dasgupta and Prat (2008), career concerns are introduced in a sequential asset market, where wages for investors are set by subjects in the role of employers. Employers can observe investment...

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Competition, imitation, and R&D productivity in a growth model with sector-specific patent protection

Mosel, Malte - 2010

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008933704