This paper has examined the factors that affect the pattern of introduction of semiconductor innovations into the …

in all world markets and to help secure 20 percent of the Japanese semiconductor market for foreign firms within five …A coalition of well-organized semiconductor producers along with compliant government agencies (USTR and the Commerce … protectionism.' This paper examines how the U.S. semiconductor industry became the beneficiary of this unique and unprecedented …

The Producer Price Index (PPI) for the United States suggests that semiconductor prices have barely been falling in … implications for gauging the rate of innovation in the semiconductor sector …

(frictional) price dispersion across suppliers. Using uniquely detailed transaction- level data from the semiconductor industry …-adjusted index for semiconductor fabrication, and propose a general method for bounding the true constant-quality price index …