national incentives for patent protection? What is the rationale for international coordination over patent policies? Given …

the licensing contracts on social welfare and optimal patent protection …

prices to maximize their expected total discounted profits. Moreover, generic firms make their entry decisions before patent …

We analyze how a manufacturer with a brand-name drug close to patent expiration decides to launch a product …-line extension (an upgrade through innovation) before it faces generic competition. There are two types of physicians: loyal … physicians always prescribe first the product-line extension and then either the off-patent drug or a generic drug while the non …