from negative externalities, i.e. spillovers to other firms, and hence imitation could be induced. To preempt imitation … highlight the trade-off of patenting by setting up a recursive system of equations on knowledge leakage and imitation that … functioning of the contemporary patent system. We find that patenting firms are being less confronted with imitation. The effect …

relatively complex environments. In this experiment we test whether subjects are more likely to use imitation if they are under … behavioral change that is indicative of imitation. …

We explore the stability of imitation in a 1,200-period experimental Cournot game where subjects do not know the payoff …

subjects switch from imitation of the most profitable rival to other behavior that, intentionally or otherwise, facilitates …-shot game. Our results suggest a new explanation for the emergence of cooperation. -- Cournot oligopoly ; imitation ; learning …