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What has been the overall global welfare impact of the accession to the World Trade Organization of a large country … simple user-friendly formula to calculate the global welfare impact of the simultaneous trade liberalization of a number of … countries? How sensitive is the answer to the assumption of the trade model? We find a striking answer to these questions. We …
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What has been the overall global welfare impact of the accession to the World Trade Organization of a large country … simple user-friendly formula to calculate the global welfare impact of the simultaneous trade liberalization of a number of … countries? How sensitive is the answer to the assumption of the trade model? We find a striking answer to these questions. We …
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and trade in which duopolistic firms face quality-dependent costs and compete in quality and price in two segmented …
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In a model of vertical product differentiation, duopolistic firms face qualitydependent costs and compete in quality and price in two segmented markets. Minimum quality standards, set according to the principle of Mutual Recognition, can be used to increase welfare. The results of the one-shot...
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I present a model of vertical product differentiation and exit where a domestic and a foreign firm face fixed setup costs and quality-dependent costs of production and compete in quality and price in the domestic market. Quality-dependent costs are quadratic in qualities, but independent of the...
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exports. The paper modifies Arkolakisś (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and …
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The doctrine of patent exhaustion implies that the authorized sale of patented goods “exhausts” the patent rights in the goods sold and precludes additional license fees from downstream buyers. Courts have considered absolute exhaustion, in which the patent owner forfeits all rights upon an...
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The doctrine of "patent exhaustion" implies that the authorized sale of patented goods "exhausts" the patent rights in the goods sold and precludes additional license fees from downstream buyers. This paper offers the first formal economic model of domestic patent exhaustion that incorporates...
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On May 30, 2017, the Supreme Court held that the initial authorized sale of a patented item within or outside the U.S. "exhausts" all rights of the patentee to that item under the Patent Act. This decision goes against the Government's position that a foreign sale authorized by the U.S. patentee...
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On May 30, 2017, the Supreme Court held that the initial authorized sale of a patented item within or outside the U.S. “exhausts” all rights of the patentee to that item under the Patent Act. This decision goes against the Government's position that a foreign sale authorized by the U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947350