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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 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

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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A model of strategic targeted advertising

Galeotti, Andrea; Moraga-González, José Luis - 2004

We study a simultaneous move game of targeted advertising and pricing in a market with various consumer segments. In this setting we explore the implications of market segmentation on firm competitiveness. If firms are unable to target their ads on different consumer segments, a unique...

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When backward integration by a dominant firm improves welfare

Linnemer, Laurent - 2002

This paper studies the welfare consequences of a vertical merger that raises rivals costs when downstream competition is à la Cournot between firms with constant asymmetric marginal costs. The main result is that such a vertical merger can nevertheless improve welfare if it involves a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410253

Price vs. quantity competition in a vertically related market revisited

Basak, Debasmita; Mukherjee, Arijit - 2016

In a recent paper, Alipranti et al. (2014, Price vs. quantity competition in a vertically related market, Economics Letters, 124: 122-126) show that in a vertically related market Cournot competition yields higher social welfare compared to Bertrand competition if the upstream firm subsidises...

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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...

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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 …

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

Hackett, Petal Jean - 2012

design protection ; imitation ; licensing …

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