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Essays in pharmaceutical economics.
Snider, Julia Thornton - 2010
have two potential targets for advertising. Advertising to doctors, called "detailing," has historically been more common …, but in recent years direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising has risen in prevalence. The question of how these two types of … advertising interact is important for understanding the implications of controversial policies such as the bans on DTC advertising …
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Consequences of the TRIPS-Agreement for the provision of pharmaceuticals in developing countries
Oppermann, Julia - 2008
Arzneimittel zur Behandlung dieser Krankheit. Zum anderen wurde auch der Mangel wirksamer Medikamente gegen vernachlässigte … Immatrialgüterrechte wesentliche Vorraussetzung für die konstante Entwicklung innovativer Arzneimittel seien. Kritiker des TRIPS … Arzneimittel gegen vernachlässigte Krankheiten bis zum 30.06.2008 überprüft. Unter Berücksichtigung des kurzfristigen …
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Essays on innovation and communication
Kay Peters - 2008
The dissertation has been written within the post graduate program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on “Business Aspects of Loosely Coupled Systems and Electronic Business”. This program focuses on research related to the diffusion of innovations in the digital age. Accordingly, the...
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An Analysis of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Claudio, Lucarelli - 2006
Medicare has recently experienced the largest expansion of benefits since its in- ception: the inclusion of prescription drug coverage under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. The policy debate has mainly focused on estimating the cost of implementing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438528
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The effect of changes in drug benefit design among individuals with diabetes in large employer-sponsored insurance plans
Yang, Ninee Shoua - 2011
benefit plan resulting from the action of employers as they seek different ways to cut cost. Regression using GEE estimation …
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Structural Model of Retail Market Power: The U.S. Milk Industry
Hovhannisyan, Vardges; Gould, Brian W. - 2011
The objective of our research is to investigate retailer market conduct in the sale of beverage milk using a structural model of consumer behavior and retailer optimality conditions that embrace a range of competitive scenarios. The study is based on an aggregate level analysis of retailer...
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Tractable multi-firm default models based on discontinuous processes
Scherer, Matthias - 2007
The aim of this thesis is to thoroughly study structural default models based on jump-diffusion processes. Jump-diffusion models were first proposed by Zhou (2001), who also showed that these models have several desirable properties, most important, positive short-term spreads. On the other...
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Implied default barrier in credit default swap premia
Alonso Sánchez, Francisco; Forte, Santiago; Marqués … - 2006
Existe una versión en español con el mismo número ; This paper applies the methodology developed by Forte and Peña (2006) to extract the implied default point in the premium on credit default swaps (CDS). As well as considering a more expensive international sample of corporations (96 US,...
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Network effects, compatibility, and adoption of standards
Grajek, Michał - 2005
standard and international trade. The estimation results allow us to formulate some interesting policy conclusions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467122
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Asymmetrische Effekte der Geldpolitik auf die Industrie in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - eine Untersuchung auf Branchenebene
Hock, Thorsten - 2003
Die Arbeit setzt sich mit Unterschieden des geldpolitischen Transmissionsprozesses im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe der Bundesrepublik Deutschland auseinander. Dazu wird der Sektor nach der Systematik der BACH-Datenbank der europäischen Kommission in 10 Branchen eingeteilt. An eine kurze Betrachtung...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433722