We provide a model of dynamic duopoly in which firms face financial constraints and disappear when they are unable to fulfill them. We show that, in some cases, Cournot outputs are no longer supported in equilibrium, because if these outputs were set, a firm may have incentives to ruin the...

Patent application numbers grow exponentially in many industries, a phenomenon that has been linked to high fragmentation of patent ownership. Contradicting these findings and theoretical arguments, we show that such fragmentation is not a precondition for sudden and strong increases in...

We study how the threat of entry affects financial contracting between an incumbent firm and a bank, in a stochastic and dynamic environment. Contracts are short term and public. We determine the effects of the first period financial contract on the first period outputs in face of the threat of...

Nachrichten aus dem Gebiet der Corporate Governance sind fast täglich Bestandteil der Wirtschaftspresse. Dabei nehmen Klagen über astronomische Managementgehälter einerseits und Sorgen um die manipulationsfreie Finanzberichterstattung andererseits breiten Raum ein. Jürgen Hagmüller...