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Bank decision in 1998. Many scholars, both legal and economic, have critiqued both the quality of these patents and the … decision itself. This paper discusses the likely impact of these patents on innovation. It first reviews the facts about … system and innovation. It concludes by finding some consensus in the literature about the problems associated with this …
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top 1%. In this paper we argue that the growing importance of digital innovation – new products and processes based on … Schumpeter's vision, digital innovation gives rise to ”winner-take-all” market structures, characterized by higher market power … digital non-rivalry, which allows for massive economies of scale and reduces costs of innovation. The latter stimulates higher …
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We study why acquisitions of entrant firms by an incumbent can deter innovation and entry in the digital platform …
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the size of the economy, (2) the association between an increase in economic output and an increase in bank development …
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Over the last three decades there has been a dramatic increase in the size of the financial sector and in the compensation of financial executives. This increase has been associated with greater risk-taking and the use of more complex financial instruments. Parallel to this trend, the...
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This paper creates a new database that covers all banks in the United States in the census years between 1870 and 1900 to test the interaction between inequality and financial development when the banking system was starting over from scratch. A fixed-effects panel regression shows that the...
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We study risk management in financial institutions using data on hedging of interest rate and foreign exchange risk. We find strong evidence that institutions with higher net worth hedge more, controlling for risk exposures, both across institutions and within institutions over time. For...
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. However, a financial institution -- perhaps best viewed as a savings bank -- can provide partial insurance by generating a … the bank faces a tradeoff between provision of insurance and maintenance of private incentives …
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New security designs, improvements in computer telecommunications technology and advances in the theory of finance have led to revolutionary changes in the structure of financial markets and institutions. This paper provides a functional perspective on the dynamics of institutional change and...
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sensitivity of deposit flows to bank performance. The fragility is stronger when the aggregate conditions in the banking system …
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