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This paper shows that the American Inventor's Protection Act, which introduced the disclosure of patent applications after 18 months, i.e. before a grant decision is taken and, hence, before it is known whether the respective technology receives legal protection, is associated with a reduction...
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Pharmaceutical firms typically enjoy market exclusivity for new drugs from concurrent protection of the underlying invention (through patents) and the clinical trials data submitted for market approval (through data exclusivity). Patent invalidation during drug development renders data...
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Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) are most popular external growth strategies. While the number of M&A has been increasing during the past decades, on average, only the shareholders of target firms gain value during the acquisitions process, while acquirers do not receive abnormal positive returns....
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Uncertainty in election outcomes generates politically induced regulatory risk. For monopoly regulation, political …
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paper shows that financial regulation can be effective at mitigating this type of risk. Exploiting regulatory changes … financial institutions subject to stricter regulation. Following the easing of these regulations, overconfidence-induced risk …-taking increases again. These findings confirm the effectiveness of financial regulation at correcting overconfident behavior, but also …
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