This paper uses a vertical differentiation duopoly framework to analyze firms’ relocation decisions, when the removal of trade barriers or restrictions on capital outflows or inflows (“globalization”) allows them to serve the domestic market through foreign plants in low-wage countries....

This paper examines the effect of counterfeit goods in a world where consumers are differentiated by level of income and innovation is quality enhancing. Counterfeit goods are defined as products with the same characteristics as “originals”, but of lower quality. The effect of imitation on...

This paper uses panel data for 19 OECD countries and finds support for the hypothesis that a greater degree of product variety relative to the United States helps to explain relative per capita GDP levels. The empirical work relies upon some direct measures of product variety calculated from...

Auf vielen Netzeffektmärkten, so auch auf den Informations- und Kommunikationsgütermärkten, steigt der Produktnutzen zumeist mit einer zunehmenden Verbreitung des jeweiligen Produktes. Dieser Größenvorteil führt laut Netzeffekttheorie häufig zu einer Monopolisierung bzw. Standardisierung...