The purpose of the present study is two fold: (1) To examine the effects of asymmetric R&D spillovers on non-cooperative and cooperative agreements in both a segmented and integrated market; and (2) To assess the impact of antidumping law on the market power of firms in the Canadian steel...

This work contains two separate essays. The first essay, "International Patent Length Setting with Shelving Behavior" looks at government choices in patent lengths when invention of a basic technology is distinguished from invention of applications of that technology. The choice of patent length...