The Political Economy of Patent Buyouts
The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Incentivizing innovation through buyouts may alleviate the social costs associated with patent power, but the political economy and feasibility of this potentially important financing mechanism have been understudied. We study an international setting of countries with different innovation and financing capabilities, and where financing ...
Amal Ahmad +2 more
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Value-based Healthcare: The Impact of Consolidation in Healthcare on the Field of Orthopaedic Surgery. [PDF]
Clin Orthop Relat ResAgbafe VC, Bernstein DN, Bozic KJ.
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The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biased recommendations arise naturally in markets with heterogeneous consumers. We study a model in which a monopolist offers an experience good to a population of consumers with heterogeneous tastes and makes personalized purchase recommendations.
Martin Peitz, Anton Sobolev
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Impact of equivalent units of production on state-controlled unit cost calculation for fair pricing of pharmaceuticals: a scoping review. [PDF]
J Pharm Policy PractUdoh S, Wnuk-Pel T.
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Why Is Exclusivity in Broadcasting Rights Prevalent and Why Does Simple Regulation Fail?
The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pay‐TV firms compete both downstream to attract viewers and upstream to acquire broadcasting rights. Because profits inherited from downstream competition satisfy a convexity property, allocating rights to the dominant firm maximizes the industry profit.
David Martimort, Jerome Pouyet
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Challenging selective contracting: reforms for enhancing patient empowerment in healthcare. [PDF]
Isr J Health Policy ResLeibner G +3 more
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Monopolistic Competition and Optimum Product Selection: Why and how heterogeneity matters
, 2013 Antonella Nocco, G. Ottaviano, M. Salto
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Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads
The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
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Frequency of first generic drugs approved through "skinny labeling," 2021 to 2023. [PDF]
J Manag Care Spec PharmZiaks TJ +3 more
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New Challenges for European Space Industrial Policy
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The European space industry is globally competitive but faces challenges due to fragmented governance, reliance on commercial markets, and increased international competition. The European Union (EU) has become a major stakeholder in this sector, with a ‘fragmented institutional market’ shaped by policies, initiatives and programmes at ...
Sara Dalledonne +2 more
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