This paper is an empirical study of the effectiveness of patents against imitators based on French survey data. We use a multinomial ordered logit and regress patent effectiveness on qualitative and quantitative variables. We find that patent costs are not a significant limitation on patent...

Cet article utilise la methododologie de l'etude d'evenements pour estimer la valeur economique associee aux avancees therapeutiques effectuees par 71 firmes de l'indudtrie pharmaceutique.

Cet article evalue les apports recents de la theorie economique concernant les effets du renforcement international des droits de propriete industriels, a la suite notamment des accords TRIP. En premier lieu, nous nous placons dans un cadre statique et montrons qu'un tel renforcement doit...

This paper studies the determinants of location choice by foreign investors in France. A new sample of almost 4000 location choices over 10 years and 92 administrative locations is used to measure two important issues : To what extent do foreign investors cluster spatially and are the decision...

The model developed in this paper extends the strategic location framework under Cournot competition in order to allow for different production costs across locations.

Kinckerbocker (1973) introduced "oligopolistic reaction" to explain why firms follow rivals into foreign markets. We develop a model that incorporates the central features of Kinckerbocker's story -oligopoly, uncertainty, and risk aversion- to establish the conditions required to generate...

Knickerbocker (1973) introduced "oligopolistic Reaction" to explain why firms follow rivals into foreign markets. We develop a model that incorporates the central features of Knickerbocker's stroy - oligopoly, uncertainty, and risk aversion - to establish the conditions required to generate...