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We study innovation incentives in the presence of "product hopping," whereby the incumbent patents a minor modification of a drug (e.g., a new delivery method) and invests in marketing to switch demand towards the minor modification. In our setting firms compete sequentially to discover two...
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In a patent infringement suit, the alleged infringer wins with a ruling of either patent invalidity or non-infringement. It is ambiguous which of these outcomes is preferred by the alleged infringer. Invalidity may increase current-period competition, but simultaneously removes constraints to...
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Hearing on "Net Neutrality: Is Antitrust Law More Effective than Regulation in Protecting Consumers and Innovation?" Testimony of Bruce M. Owen before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington DC,...
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Global energy demand is likely to increase by 45 percent by 2030. Climate change will threaten existing employment and necessitate new green jobs. Funding has gone towards such renewable energy technologies as wind and solar; such fuel economy options as second-generation hybrids, plug-in...
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affect both intra- and inter-industry productivity. We propose a theoretical model that predicts that this effect can be …-industry effects, which result in higher productivity for domestic plants. However, there are negative spillovers when licensing is … and have low productivity. Our results are robust not only to a series of definitions of IPR, licensing and productivity …
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Small businesses occupy an iconic place in American public policy debates. This paper discusses interactions between the federal tax code, small business, and the economy. We summarize the characteristics of small businesses, identify the tax provisions that most affect small businesses, and...
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Une conférence internationale, organisée en juillet 2007 par la Banque de France et le CEPR, a été l’occasion de présentation et discussion de plusieurs analyses récentes portant sur les liens entre innovation, productivité et croissance.
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Les mesures en faveur de la concurrence pourraient avoir dans les PME un impact contrasté sur leur niveau d …’innovation ; cependant, un accompagnement des PME en phase basse de cycle pourrait favoriser leur effort permanent d’innovation. …
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markets and thus are facing fierce competition. This requires from SMEs the ability and willingness to engage in various … relationship between SMEs' innovative efforts and their performance on international markets. Results clearly identify four … dominé par les compétences technologiques. Cette concurence exige des PME qu'elles0501ntiennent un important niveau d …
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, process and organizational innovation), which ultimately feeds into a productivity equation. We find that ICT investment and … product innovation in manufacturing. The strongest productivity effects are derived from organizational innovation. We find …
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