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The disciplinary effect of post-grant review : causal evidence from European patent opposition
Nagler, Markus; Sorg, Stefan - 2019
We study the causal impact of invalidating marginally valid patents during post-grant opposition at the European Patent … participation of a patent's original examiner in the opposition division as an instrument. We find a disciplinary effect of … invalidation: Affected inventors file 20% fewer patent applications in the decade after the decision. This effect is entirely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996418
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Cross-border patenting, globalization, and development
LaBelle, Jesse; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; … - 2023
strong, positive impact of policy and globalization on cross-border patent flows, especially from North to South. A … counterfactual welfare analysis suggests that the increase in patent flows from North to South has benefited both regions, with South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444894
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Knowledge remittances : does emigration foster innovation?
Fackler, Thomas; Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2018
variation to establish causality. By analysing patent citation data, we further provide evidence that these positive effects are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952002
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Labour market institutions and their effect on labour market performance in the new EU member countries
Fialová, Kamila (contributor);  … - 2008
This article focuses on the role of labour market institutions in explaining different labour market developments in European countries, with a special attention to the new European Union member countries. This may allow us to analyse effects of various institutional setups and of their changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763951
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Voting in the European Union : Central Europe's lost voice
Schneider, Ondřej (contributor) - 2008
Ten Central European countries became members of the European Union in the years 2004 - 2007. They constitute 20% of the EU's total population; and even though their economic output is much lower, it rises dynamically. New members' impact on the EU policies has nevertheless been limited. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790698
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EU banks rating assignments : is there heterogeneity between new and old member countries?
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Matousek, Roman; Stewart, Chris - 2010
We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. Our aim is to assess whether "old" and "new" EU countries are rated differently and to determine whether "new" ones are assigned lower ratings, ceteris paribus, than "old" ones. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003974520
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Fiscal and migration competition
Razin, Asaf; Tsadḳah, Efrayim - 2010
It is often argued that tax competition may lead to a 'race to the bottom'. This result may indeed hold in the case of factor mobility (such as capital). However, in this paper we emphasize the unique feature of labor migration, that may nullify the 'race to the bottom' hypothesis. Labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003974528
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The trade and FDI effects of EMU enlargement
Brouwer, Jelle (contributor); Paap, Richard (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003612738
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Fiscal policies and business cycles in an enlarged euro area
Stæhr, Karsten (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003496514
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Catching-up and inflation in Europe : Balassa-Samuelson, Engel's law and other Culprits
Égert, Balázs - 2010
This study analyses the impact of economic catching-up on annual inflation rates in the European Union with a special focus on the new member countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Using an array of estimation methods, we show that the Balassa-Samuelson effect is not an important driver of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003982012