Bartelsman, Eric J.; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Zona Mattioli, … - 2026
This paper develops a micro-founded framework linking price-cost and wage markups to intangible assets. Intangible assets, once created, are a source of firm rents. Owing to limits to enforceable ownership and the non-rival nature of knowledge, these rents can be both retained by the origin firm...