Amazon and the major publishers in the e-book market require competition policy action. The standard antitrust instruments …

and market size of the innovation. The appropriate degree of market power is never full monopoly pricing and is determined … empirical calibration. The framework has applications beyond IP policy to the optimal pricing of platforms or the optimal …

competition. The model is built on the assumption of a product market and has not yet been empirically tested on service …-sector firms. Using detailed firm-level data, we find the inverse U-shaped relation to hold for both small and large service …-sector firms. However, non-exporting service firms deviate from the overall pattern. A more detailed breakdown of innovation …

competition. The model is built on the assumption of a product market and has not yet been empirically tested on service …. -- R&D ; innovation ; competition ; service sector …-sector firms. Using detailed firm-level data, we find the inverse U-shaped relation to hold for both small and large service …

This paper examines how market competition affects the intensity and breadth of innovation. I assembled a unique … between price competition and innovation. When collusion suppressed price competition, colluding firms increased patent … technology classes increased by 30%. When competition was restored by collusion breakdown, the increased and broadened innovation …