Brekke, Kurt R.; Holmås, Tor Helge; Straume, Odd Rune - Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2014
This paper studies the effects of price regulation and parallel imports in the on-patent pharmaceutical market. First … prices. We show that the effects of price regulation crucially depend on whether the producer faces competition from parallel … imports. While parallel imports improve the bargaining position of the pharmacy, price regulation counteracts this effect and …