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In Germany, R&D subsidies are an important tool to support innovation in the private sector. This paper studies the …
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This paper analyzes the impact of network externalities on R&D competition between an incumbent and a potential entrant … the presence of network externalities. By choosing compatible network goods, firms do not necessarily reduce the R …
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shown that network externalities positively affect the incentives to invest in R&D. In the model, competition resembles a …. Moreover, network externalities have an important impact in the dynamic evolution of the industry. Although in the long-run a …-and-neck technological configurations. This short-run competition is fiercer and longer, the higher the level of network externalities …
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The duration of appellate court proceedings is an important determinant of the efficiency of a court system. We use data of 234 firm groups that participated in 63 cartels convicted by the European Commission between 2000 and 2012 to investigate the determinants of the duration of the subsequent...
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The appeals process – whereby the losing party of an administrative or judicial decision can seek reconsideration of their arguments before a higher institution – is an important mechanism to correct legal errors and to improve existing laws and regulations. We use data of 467 firm groups...
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This paper aims to describe the calculation of environmental and health externalities caused by air pollutants …
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Concurrent taxation is a feature of many federal systems. As a consequence of this fact, the tax policy of one level of government affects the tax base of the other. This paper carries out a theoretical analysis of the interdependent tax-setting decisions of federal and regional governments,...
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Im vorliegenden Diskussions-Papier werden die externen Luftverschmutzungskosten des motorisierten Individualverkehrs (MIV) für verschiedene Technologien, Fahrsituationen und alle Regionen in Deutschland berechnet. Dabei ist das Ziel der Untersuchung, die Notwendigkeit einer fahrtortsbezogenen...
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This paper is concerned with fiscal externalities arising from local taxation of a mobile factor. Using a panel of more … neighborhood affect the local tax base. The results support the existence of fiscal externalities: an increase in the tax rate of …
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