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Intellectual property rights and biotechnology : how to improve the present patent system
Musu, Ignazio (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003357194
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Missing market in world trade : the case for "sui generis" protection of traditional knowledge
Mathur, Ajeet N. (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002584354
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On biology and technology : the economics of managing biotechnologies
Goeschl, Timo; Swanson, Timothy M. - 2003
competitors. The paper examines the capacity for decentralised patent-based incentive mechanisms to result in socially optimal … incompatibility between the dynamics of the patent system and the dynamics of the resistance problem under both types of evolution …. Under scale-dependent evolution, the externalities within a patent-based system indicate that decentralised mechanisms will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591673
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Education and crime over the life cycle
Fella, Giulio (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper we ask whether policies targeting a reduction in crime rates through changes in education outcomes can be considered an effective and cost-viable alternative to interventions based on harsher punishment alone. In particular we study the effect of subsidizing high school completion....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740323
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Does hazardous waste matter? : Evidence from the housing market and the superfund program
Greenstone, Michael (contributor);  … - 2005
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A racial inequality trap
Badel, Alejandro - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392897
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Efficient two-stage analysis of long-run economic growth
Luoma, Arto; Luoto, Jani - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003260039
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A comparison of the real-time performance of business cycle dating methods
Chauvet, Marcelle (contributor);  … - 2005
"This paper evaluates the ability of formal rules to establish U.S. business cycle turning point dates in real time. We consider two approaches, a nonparametric algorithm and a parametric Markov-switching dynamic-factor model. In order to accurately assess the real-time performance of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002934316
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The potential consequences of alternative exchange rate regimes : a study of three candidate regions
Hochreiter, Eduard; Korinek, Anton; Siklos, Pierre L. - 2002
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Natural resources : a blessing or a curse?
Papyrakis, Elissaios; Gerlagh, Reyer - 2003
We examine empirically the effect of natural resource abundance on economic growth. We find that natural resources have a negative impact on growth when considered in isolation, but a positive impact on growth when including in the analysis other variables such as corruption, investments,...
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