Browsing Department of Economics by Author "Ward, Michael"
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Changes In Tests Of Patentability And The Effects On Return To Patenting Of Business Method Patents
Sheets, Darren (Economics, 2010-07-19)In the past decade there has been a surge of business method patents granted, due in large part to court cases that have redefined the tests for determining patentability of these inventions. This is of interest for several ... -
Creative Destruction In The Pharmaceutical Industry
Patel, Darshak (Economics, 2007-08-23)Pharmaceutical firms usually patent any new innovation in terms of the chemicals they use. These innovations are then developed in to drugs which are marketed once approved by FDA. These patents have made and receive ... -
Do Aid Donors Reward Institutional Reforms?: A Panel Study On Aid-receiving Countries
Mugo, Wairimu R (Economics, 2007-08-23)Foreign aid is an important component of financial flows to many developing countries. This study seeks to investigate how foreign aid flows are influenced by two factors: the gross domestic products (GDP) per capita of ... -
Evidence Of Competition Between Law Schools
Zaman, Naushaba (Economics, 2007-08-23)The purpose of this paper is to measure how competition affects tuition rates of law schools. I hypothesize that the tuition rates will go up as concentration of law schools increase. To examine how tuition varies with ... -
The Integration Of The Economics Profession Across Countries : evidence From Paper Citations
Guo, Minjie (Economics, 2011-07-14)By relating country-level journal article citation patterns to country-level proxies for various policies, the current project attempts to uncover possible causal relationships between them. The paper measures patterns of ... -
The Market Return To Pharmaceutical Product Approval
Ahmed, Imtiaz (Economics, 2007-08-23)Does the public announcement of approval of New Drugs affect the market valuation of the sponsoring pharmaceutical company? This study will try to find out the technically and intuitively acceptable answer of this question ... -
What Are Country-level Determinants Of Economic Research Productivity?
Nguyen, Hoa (Economics, 2010-03-03)Economics research productivity is an emerging concern because it determines education system's quality and it can help improve economic welfare. This study seeks to investigate country-level determinants of research ...