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The Trade and Welfare Impact of AustralianQuarantine Policies: The Case of Pigmeat
Beghin, John C.; Melatos, Mark - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2011
, we account for changes to Australia’s pigmeat quarantinepolicy over time including those changes related to the recent … resolution of a WTO disputebetween Australia and the European Union. Using a random utility model, and applying it tocorner … regimes implemented by Australia during the period 1988-2009. The welfare impact on consumers, producers, and foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360665
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Economic Integration and the Foreign Exchange
Weber, Enzo - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin> - 2007
-round integration of two economies. Empirically, such a constellation is found between Australia and New Zealand, whereas diverging … trends in money and interest rates characterise the relation of Australia towards the US. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861005
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Technological Opportunities, Absorptive Capacities, and Innovation
Becker, Wolfgang; Peters, Jürgen - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre <Augsburg> - 2000
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of technological opportunities on the innovation activities of firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005840314
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Supplier and Buyer Market Power, Appropriability, and Innovation Activities : Evidence for the German Automobile Industry
Peters, Jürgen - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre <Augsburg> - 1998
Recent econometric studies only emphasize the role of longterm demand expectations and technological capability. They neglect the impact of buyer market structure on innovative efforts of input suppliers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005840316
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Technological Opportunities, Academic Research, and Innovation Activities in the German Automobile Supply Industry
Peters, Jürgen; Becker, Wolfgang - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre <Augsburg> - 1998
innovation activities of firms in the German automobile supplyindustry are investigated. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005840318
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Pool of Basic Patents and Follow-up Innovations
Langinier, Corinne - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2006
Basic innovations are often fundamental to the development of applications that maybe developed by other innovators. In this setting, we investigate whether patent pools canrectify the lack of incentives for developers to invest in applications. Following Green andScotchmer (1995), we also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360853
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Patents, Research Exemption, and the Incentive forSequential Innovation
Moschini, Giancarlo; Yerokhin, Oleg - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2006
We develop a dynamic duopoly model of R&D competition to improve the quality of a finalgood. The innovation process is … other hand, depends onthe relative magnitudes of the costs of initial innovation and improvements. In particular, aresearch …
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Economics of Intellectual Property Rights in PlantMaterials
Huffman, Wallace E. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2006
This paper presents an economic perspective on intellectual property in plantmaterials, including its value, and summary information on the U.S. seed industry. It firstconsiders intellectual property rights--types, economic incentives that they bestow, and usesacross developed and developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360861
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Heterogeneity of Southern Countries and SouthernIntellectual Property Rights Policy
Lapan, Harvey E.; Kim, Jeong-Eon - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2006
We develop a model with one innovating northern firm and heterogeneous southernfirms that compete in a final product market. We assume southern firms differ in their intrinsiccosts and their ability to adapt technology and study southern incentives to protect intellectualproperty rights. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360868
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Developments in the Organization and Finance of PublicAgricultural Research in the United States, 1988-1999
Huffman, Wallace E. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2005
This paper describes major external changes to the U.S. public agricultural researchsystem over 1988-1999; describes the reactions of the public agricultural research system to theexternal changes, specifying the innovations that have occurred over the last decade; and drawsconclusions about the present...
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