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Patent protection, innovation and technology licensing (2014)
Journal Article
Wang, L. F., & Mukherjee, A. (2014). Patent protection, innovation and technology licensing. Australian Economic Papers, 53(3-4), 245-254. doi:10.1111/1467-8454.12030

We show that the common wisdom suggesting higher investment in innovation under a stronger patent protection may not be true if the innovator can license its technology ex?post innovation. If the initial cost of production is high and the slope of th... Read More about Patent protection, innovation and technology licensing.

Does two-part tariff licensing agreement enhance both welfare and profit? (2014)
Journal Article
Mukherjee, A., & Tsai, Y. (2015). Does two-part tariff licensing agreement enhance both welfare and profit?. Journal of Economics, 116(1), 63-76. doi:10.1007/s00712-014-0421-5

It is general belief that firm profit is higher under two-part tariff licensing, while social welfare is greater under fixed-fee licensing. We show that this conclusion need not hold when technology transfer is costly and, in particular, when the qua... Read More about Does two-part tariff licensing agreement enhance both welfare and profit?.

Privatization in the presence of foreign competition and strategic policies (2014)
Journal Article
Dijkstra, B., Mathew, A., & Mukherjee, A. (2014). Privatization in the presence of foreign competition and strategic policies. Journal of Economics, 114(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-014-0407-3

Recent evidence shows that developing and transition economies are increasingly privatizing their public firms and also experiencing rapid growth of inward foreign direct investment (FDI). In an international mixed oligopoly with strategic tax/subsid... Read More about Privatization in the presence of foreign competition and strategic policies.