Brekke, Kurt R.; Holmås, Tor Helge; Straume, Odd Rune - 2010
We study the impact of regulation on competition between brand-names and generics and pharmaceutical expenditures using …-sample of off-patent products. First, we construct a vertical differentiation model to analyze the impact of regulation on … several off-patent molecules before and after the policy reform. Off-patent drugs not subject to RP serve as our control group …