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When Does Product Liability Risk Chill Innovation? Evidence from Medical Implants
Galasso, Alberto - 2018
Liability laws designed to compensate for harms caused by defective products may also affect innovation. We examine … negative impact on downstream innovation in medical implants, but it had no significant effect on upstream polymer patenting … effect on downstream innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910659
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Tort Reform and Innovation
Galasso, Alberto - 2016
Current academic and policy debates focus on the impact of tort reforms on physicians' behavior and medical costs. This paper examines whether these reforms also affect incentives to develop new technologies. We find that, on average, laws that limit the liability exposure of healthcare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981632
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Patent Rights, Innovation and Firm Exit
Galasso, Alberto - 2016
We study the causal impact of patent invalidation on subsequent innovation and exit by the patent holder. The analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002774
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Why are Some Regions More Innovative than Others? The Role of Firm Size Diversity
Agrawal, Ajay K. - 2015
interplay of these two localized externalities and their impact on regional innovation. We examine MSA-level patent data during … the period 1975-2000 and find that innovation output is higher where large and small labs coexist. The finding is robust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013037282
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Patents and Cumulative Innovation : Causal Evidence from the Courts
Galasso, Alberto - 2015
Cumulative innovation is central to economic growth. Do patent rights facilitate or impede follow-on innovation? We …. Patent rights block downstream innovation in computers, electronics and medical instruments, but not in drugs, chemicals or … triggers more follow-on innovation by small firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033253
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CEO Overconfidence and Innovation
Galasso, Alberto - 2014
" about future performance and standard measures of corporate innovation. We begin by developing a career concern model where … probability of failure, are more likely to pursue innovation, and that this effect is larger in more competitive industries. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069805