This paper examines the interaction between intellectual property protection and competition policy on the choice of entrepreneurs with respect to commercialization as well as the rate of innovation. We find that stronger intellectual property protection makes it more likely that entrepreneurs...

This paper aims to analyze the interfaces between Brazilian Competition Law and the issue of access to medicines, with special focus on abuses of industrial property rights in their exclusionary and exploitative effects. The paper analyzes the case law of the Brazilian Administrative Council for...

This paper aims to analyze the interfaces between Brazilian Competition Law and the issue of access to medicines, with a special focus on abuse of industrial property rights and related exclusionary and exploitative effects. The paper analyzes the case law of Brazilian Administrative Council for...

There are many studies on the determinants of visitor spending at sport events. However, few studiesinvestigate the effect of satisfaction on spending and even fewer relate this to visitor expectations. Thepresent study examines the case of the World Ski Championships 2015 which were held in...

Neues Wissen ist ein knappes ökonomisches Gut und stellt eine wichtige ökonomische Wachstumsdeterminante dar. Der Schutz der geistigen Eigentumsrechte muss effi zient austariert werden. Der temporäre Schutz gibt einerseits Anreize für weiteres Forschen, weil durch ihn Monopolgewinne erzielt...

In zunehmend polypolistischen Anbietermärkten wird der grenzüberschreitende Austausch von Waren und Dienstleistungen zu einer wesentlichen Erfolgsdeterminante für große Teile der Marktakteure. Zugleich formen digitale Disruptionen sowie ein kaum mehr berechenbarer technologischer Fortschritt...

According to the essential facilities doctrine, competition law requires an infrastructural monopoly to provide access. Under the "Bronner criterion", proposed by the EC Court, the doctrine is only applicable when an infrastructural duopoly is non-viable. This paper uses a simple model to...

Using a sample of 96 mergers notified to the EU Commission and logit regression techniques, we analyse the Commission's decision process. We find that the probability of a phase 2 investigation and of a prohibition of the merger increases with the parties' market shares. The probability...