used, i.e., the contracting is dynamic and is done at the beginning of each period. Second, we assume that the inventory … retailers distorting past sales information to secure better contracting terms from their suppliers. In this setting, under … selection model with dynamic contracting. We then analyze the performance of the optimal contract with respect to various useful …

This paper explores the characteristics of 238 patents on 94 "inventions" contributed by major multinational innovators … innovations. By comparing the pledged patents to other patents in the same technologies or held by the same multinationals, we … of climate change related technologies. This study, therefore, indirectly provides evidence on the role of patents in the …

technologies. How will patent protection affect this process? In this paper we first review the evidence on the role of patents for …

of innovation in product markets, rather than on indirect correlates of innovation (like patents), and by exploiting …

innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 …

million patents granted during 1920-2010. This novel textual analysis empirically reveals which single and general purpose … research by comparing patents that mention these research inputs early against the value of other patents. For this comparison …