To "B" or Not to "B" : A Welfare Analysis of Breaking Up Monopolies in an Endogenous Growth Model /
This paper studies the welfare consequences of a government regulation that forces a patented equipment to be supplied by a number of independent producers. On the one hand, such a regulation hurts the value of a patent and therefore reduces activities in the R and D sector. On the other hand, the e...
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Format: | Journal |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2000.
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Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2000/189 |
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Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |