Browsing School of Economics by Subject "O32"

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Public policy towards R&D in oligopolistic industries

Leahy, Dermot ; Neary, J. Peter (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1995-08)

This paper examines the free-market and socially-optimal outcomes in a dynamic oligopoly model with R&D spillovers. First-best optimal subsidies to R&D are higher when firms play strategically against each other, but lower ...
Strategic intellectual property protection policy and North-South technology transfer

Naghavi, Alireza (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2003-04)

I analyze the welfare implications of protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) in developing countries through its impact on innovation, market structure, and technology transfer. FDI, tariffs, and joint ventures (JV) ...