<i>La distribuzione dei farmaci in Italia: assetti industriali ed efficienza alla luce di un confronto internazionale </i> (di Laura Ferrari Bravo) - ABSTRACT:This paper provides an analysis of the Italian pharmaceutical distribution network and a cross-country comparison with other EU member States....

<i> Il ruolo della sperimentazione clinica nel processo di sviluppo del farmaco: l'effetto "Arrow" e la competizione tecnologica </i> (di Laura Ferrari Bravo) - ABSTRACT: The economic literature on sequential innovations acknowledges that the successful firm earns a monopoly position only until the...

Highlights the theory of competition advanced by da Empoli in the late 1920s. The main point is the existence of discontinuities in industrial concerns. This leads to the possibility that prices exceed marginal costs and depend also on ultramarginal costs, a new concept elaborated by da Empoli....

We offer new and clean evidence that social interactions impact on individuals’ choices. In an experimental trust game we study whether and how trustor's behaviour is affected by social influence of other trustors’ choices over time. We account for three important factors of trustors’...

We analyse the effects of the advertising ban on French public television, which came into effect on the 5th of January 2009. The ban forbids commercial advertising on public TV in the time slot 20.00-6.00. By using a difference-in-difference approach we show that advertising which was...