The Italian and European regulatory framework for patents would benefit from further improvements in order to foster dynamic competition between Italian firms. At the national level the exclusive allocation of the right to patent inventions to universities, rather than to researchers, would...

This study compares the impact of antitrust regulations on firm market value for Chinese versus U.S. internet platforms. Applying an event study approach to daily stock market data during 2010–2022, we investigate the cumulative abnormal returns of Hong Kong- and U.S.-listed internet...