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The independent invention defence in a Cournot duopoly model

Ottoz, Elisabetta; Cugno, Franco - In: Economics Bulletin 12 (2004) 5, pp. 1-7

Maurer and Scotchmer (2002) pointed out that patents may be inferior to other forms of intellectual property in that the independent invention is not a defence to infringement. The authors' analysis refers to situations in which there is an unlimited number of potential entrants by independent...

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Technological spillover and the time distribution of licenses

Ottoz, Elisabetta - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2005) 15, pp. 1-10

The aim of this note is to study the optimal licensing of a non drastic cost reducing patented innovation, if the … holder prefers exclusive innovation exploitation, giving rise to a monopoly, non exclusive exploitation giving rise to a … early simultaneous adoption, whereas diffusion, implying asymmetric adoption, is better if the innovation implies a more …

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Differences in remittances from US and Spanish migrants in Colombia

Wolff, François-Charles; Bello, Liliana Ortiz - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2008) 10, pp. 1-10

Using data collected among exchange institutions in Colombia in 2004, we evidence large differences in the amounts of remittances received from migrants living in the US and from migrants living in Spain. Drawing on quantile decomposition, we show that the gap between the two destination...

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International migration and human capital formation

Wolff, François-Charles; Jellal, Mohamed - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2003) 10, pp. 1-8

We consider a model of international migration with heterogeneity in the skill level of workers which accounts for country-specific educational investment, unemployment expectations and return to the origin country. We prove that migrants invest less than natives in human capital formation...

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