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Credible Communication and Cooperation : Experimental Evidence from Multi-Stage Games
Andersson, Ola - 2011
It is well known that communication often serves as a facilitator for cooperation in static games. Yet, communication can serve entirely different purposes in dynamic settings as communication during the game may work as a means for renegotiation, potentially undermining the credibility of...
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Switching Costs, Brand Premia and Behavioral Pricing in the Pharmaceutical Market
Janssen, Aljoscha - 2020
mimics a reduction of switching costs and increases prices. While the effect of switching costs on prices in theory is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095430
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Price Dynamics of Swedish Pharmaceuticals
Janssen, Aljoscha - 2020
This paper investigates price patterns of off-patent pharmaceuticals in Sweden. I show that price dynamics are … competition in which the demand for pharmaceuticals incorporates the known biases of consumers: habit persistence and brand … preferences. Using the regulated market of Swedish pharmaceuticals, I show that price dynamics may help in identifying possible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095437
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The importance of the first generic substitution: Evidence from Sweden
Janssen, Aljoscha; Granlund, David - 2022
We analyze changes in the willingness to substitute from prescribed pharmaceuticals to more affordable generic … dispensed pharmaceuticals, we employ a dynamic event study and an instrumental variable approach to show that an initial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330007
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Switching Costs, Brand Premia and Behavioral Pricing in the Pharmaceutical Market
Janssen, Aljoscha - 2020
mimics a reduction of switching costs and increases prices. While the effect of switching costs on prices in theory is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615385
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The Burden of Proof in National Treatment Disputes and the Environment
Horn, Henrik - 2009
This paper examines the role of the burden of proof (BoP) in National Treatment (NT) disputes under trade agreements. In the situation under study, imports may cause environmental damage, in which case less favorable treatment of imported products may be globally desirable from an international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207637
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Patent Scope and Technology Choice
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika - 2014
This paper analyzes effects of stronger patent rights on R&D and innovation. It presents a model where the scope of a patent affects an entrant firm's technology choice and thereby the amount of wasteful R&D duplication. The model predicts that negative effects of duplication can be sufficiently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014210132
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The Effect of Financial Constraints on Inventory Holdings
Bustos, Emil - 2023
This paper investigates the impact of financial constraints on firms' inventory holdings, an area of significant interest given that inventories are volatile over the business cycle. I use detailed data on Swedish firms' balance sheets, income statements, and credit scores. I employ a regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014354493
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Venture Capitalists, Asymmetric Information, and Ownership in the Innovation Process
Fabrizi, Simona - 2009
In this paper we construct a model in which entrepreneurial innovations are sold into oligopolistic industries and where adverse selection problems between entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and incumbents are present. We show that as exacerbated development by better-informed venture-backed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719493
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Subsidizing Away Exports? A Note on R&D-Policy Towards Multinational Firms
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan - 2020
. The theory presented suggests that this is consistent with technology transfer costs, which outweigh trade costs for …
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