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We introduce international mobility of knowledge workers into a model of Nash equilibrium IPR policy choice among countries. We show that governments have incentives to use IPRs in a bidding war for global talent, resulting in Nash equilibrium IPRs that can be too high, rather than too low, from...
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If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and depends positively on intellectual property, a social planner which cares about income distribution may in principle want to use a reduction in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)...
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We study how firm-specific complementary assets and intellectual property rights affect the management of knowledge workers. The main results show when a firm will wish to sue workers that leave with innovative ideas, and the effects of complementary assets on wages and on worker initiative. We...
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We present the first causal evidence on the persistent impact of enduring competition on prosociality. Inspired by the … competition period. 4-year follow-up data indicate that the effect persists and generalizes, suggesting a change in traits and not …
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We study how frictions in learning others' technology, termed "imperfect technology spillovers," impact firm innovation strategies and the aggregate economy through changes in innovation composition. We develop an endogenous growth model that generates strategic innovation decisions, where...
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Turf wars commonly occur in environments where competition undermines collaboration. We develop a game theoretic model … joint production but introduces competition for the reward. We find that collaboration has a non-monotonic relationship with …
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Markets are ubiquitous in our daily life and, despite many imperfections, they are a great source of human welfare. Nevertheless, there is a heated recent debate on whether markets erode social responsibility and moral behavior. In fact, competitive pressure on markets may create strong...
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of our core tasks to further explore the interactions between self-awareness, (dis)honesty and competition. We also test …
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limitations of the available data, and the potential implications of common ownership for competition in Australia. …
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This paper documents the link between finance and informal competition. Using longitudinal firm-level data, we show … that formal firms that are more exposed to the competition of informal firms are less likely to apply for a bank loan. This … informal competition have worse expectations on future sales growth, which in turn are associated with a lower probability of …
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