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In an earlier paper (Gans and Leigh, 2006a), we analysed the effect of the introduction...
In 1979, Australia abolished federal inheritance taxes. Using daily deaths data, we show that approximately...
Economists think many (most?) things are subject to incentives. The evidence from ''Down Under'' suggests...
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It is well understood that government policies can distort behavior. But what is less often...
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Knowledge disclosure plays a central role in models of economic growth. Few studies, however, have...
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A socially optimal structure of application and renewal fees for patents would encourage the maximal...
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This paper provides a prospective and retrospective quantitative assessment of the impact of a passive...
This paper is the first to examine collusion at the extensive margin (whereby fi rms...
This paper examines the impact of geographic targeting technology on local advertising markets when local...
The business model of commercial-financing relies on advertisers to pay for content. Advertisers will not...
This paper is the first to provide a general context whereby potential entry can lead...
This paper is the first to provide a general context whereby potential entry can permanently...
The business model of commercial (free-to-air) television relies on advertisers to pay for programming. Viewers...
We analyze value appropriation under competition using cooperative game theory and demonstrate that competition embodies...
Recent anti-trust decisions have proposed remedies for tying of different computer software and applications. The...
This paper provides a new explanation for tying that is not based on any of...
Recent concern has arisen with regard to the potential for introducing competition in previously protected...
The prevailing theory of the firm demonstrates that ownership by dispensable, outside parties is inefficient...
Carbon offsets can be purchased by consumers who wish to mitigate their emissions. In a...
Voluntary purchases of offsets for carbon emissions have been criticized as potentially increasing emissions. However,...
There has been considerable public debate over the effect of interchange fees on credit card...
Significant attention worldwide has been paid to the regulation of credit card interchange fees. In...
The purpose of this postscript is to review the many responses to our AussieMac proposal...
There is a new global financial crisis emerging caused by the collapse of sub-prime lending...
This report updates the Innovation Index created by Michael Porter and Scott Stern with data...
This report examines policy options for parental leave and evaluates them from an economics perspective....