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Browsing by Subject "Exclusion"
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Title:Exclusion Through Speculation
Author(s):ARGENTON, Cédric; WILLEMS, BertDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Many commodities are traded on both a spot market and a derivative market. We show that an incumbent producer may use purely financial derivatives to extract rent from a potential entrant. It can do so by selling derivatives ...
Title:More Secrecy...More Knowledge Disclosure? On Disclosure Outside of Patents
Author(s):PONCE, Carlos J.Date:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:It is an important concern that innovators by waiving their patent rights might obstruct
the disclosure of knowledge and therefore retard progress. This paper explores this
concern by using a simple model of two innovators ...