After almost two decades of compulsory licensing of prescription drugs, Canada restored full patent protection in two legislative steps taken in 1987 and 1992. The paper investigates the impact of the strengthening of intellectual property rights on corporate R&D spending in the Canadian...

This paper extends previous single equation econometric modeling efforts of the “sales-advertising” relationship in elections. Operating within the perspective of the general demand context of voting behavior, it develops a comprehensive electoral market model that takes account of potential...