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Goolsbee, Austan - 2021

This paper estimates the relative price sensitivity of individuals' choice of whether to buy computers online versus in retail stores using a new data source on the computer purchase behavior of more than 20,000 people. To estimate the degree of competition between the two channels, the paper...

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Whither Flat Panel Displays?

Krishna, Kala; Thursby, Marie - 2021

This paper examines possible consequences of subsidies to R&D and to volume production proposed under the Clinton administration's flat panel display initiative. We do this in the context of a model in which firms behave competitively in the short run, while realizing that their choices of...

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International Differences in the Adoption and Impact of New Information Technologies and New Hr Practices : The Valve-Making Industry in the U.S. And U.K

Bartel, Ann - 2015

This paper compares the impact of new IT-enhanced technology on the efficiency of production in the U.S. and the U.K. for one manufacturing industry, valve manufacturing. There is a long-standing question of whether technological change and organizational changes have the same rates of adoption...

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The Complementary Role of Exports and R&D Investments as Sources of Productivity Growth

Aw, Bee Yan - 2010

This paper examines two potential channels of knowledge acquisition that underlie firm productivity growth in the Taiwanese electronics industry: participation in the export market and investments in Ramp;D and/or worker training. We focus on the argument that a firm's own investments in Ramp;D...

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"Generic Entry and the Pricing of Pharmaceuticals"

Frank, Richard G.; Salkever, David S. - 2022

During the 1980s the share of prescriptions sold by retail pharmacies that was accounted for by generic products roughly doubled. The price response to generic entry of brand-name products has been a source of controversy. In this paper we estimate models of price responses to generic entry in...

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State Capacity and American Technology : Evidence from the 19th Century

Acemoglu, Daron - 2016

Robert Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Economic Growth provides a compelling interpretation of how technical change and innovation has radically changed the living standards of the citizens of the US in the past 150 years. Lying behind these changes are the institutions which have allowed...

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Patent Rights, Innovation and Firm Exit

Galasso, Alberto - 2016

medium-sized firms, particularly in technology fields where they face many large competitors, and for patents central to …

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Back to Basics : Why Do Firms Invest in Research?

Arora, Ashish - 2017

If scientific knowledge is a public good, why do firms invest in research? This paper revisits this classic question with new data on patent citations to scientific publications by corporations. Using data on 4,736 firms for the period 1980-2006, we document that corporate investment in research...

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Secondary Pharmaceutical Patenting : A Global Perspective

Sampat, Bhaven N. - 2017

Pharmaceutical firms' use of secondary patents to extend periods of exclusivity generates concerns among policymakers … worldwide. In response, some developing countries have introduced measures to curb the grant of these patents. While these … countries with restrictions on secondary patents, India, Brazil, and Argentina. We examine cross-country comparisons of primary …

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How Do Patents Affect Research Investments?

Williams, Heidi - 2017

strength affects research investments in new technologies, and how patents on existing technologies affect follow-on innovation … – needed to inform the question of how patents affect research investments, and review the available evidence which has …

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