Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Sharmila Vishwasrao Author-X-Name-First: Sharmila Author-X-Name-Last: Vishwasrao Author-Email: svishwas@fau.edu Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, College of Business, Florida Atlantic University Author-Name: Srabana Gupta Author-X-Name-First: Srabana Author-X-Name-Last: Gupta Author-Workplace-Name: The Penn State University, Erie Author-Name: Hassan Benchekroun Author-X-Name-First: Hassan Author-X-Name-Last: Benchekroun Author-Email: hassan.benchekroun@mcgill.ca Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Title: Optimum tariffs and patent length in a model of North–South technology transfer Abstract: We study a developing country's choice of optimum tariffs and patent length in a theoretical model of trade and technology transfer. A Northern firm chooses whether to export or produce a new good in a Southern country. In the absence of patent protection, a high tariff is required to induce FDI. This reduces Southern welfare when the good is imported. The Southern government can combine a positive patent length with tariffs to reduce this loss and induce FDI. Thus Southern countries may have an incentive to protect patents, although never to the same extent as Northern countries. Length: 19 pages Creation-Date: 2004-10 Revision-Date: 2005-05 Publication-Status: Forthcoming in International Review of Economics & Finance File-URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6W4V-4G94G92-1&_user=10&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b98e542f623b720fdfac709d6e7119a2 File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2006 Number: 04022 Classification-JEL: O34, F13, F23 Keywords: Trade policy, Intellectual property rights, Foreign direct investment Handle: RePEc:fal:wpaper:04022 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Sharmila Vishwasrao Author-X-Name-First: Sharmila Author-X-Name-Last: Vishwasrao Author-Email: svishwas@fau.edu Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, College of Business, Florida Atlantic University Title: Royalties vs. fees: How do firms pay for foreign technology? Abstract: The theoretical determinants of technology licensing contracts have been extensively studied but empirical evidence is scarce. We assemble a data set of all the foreign technology licensing agreements entered into by manufacturing firms in India between 1989 and 1993. Industry, firm, and contract characteristics are used to explain differences between the forms of payment in licensing contracts. Our findings support theoretical arguments; licensing contracts are more likely to use royalties when sales are relatively high, while increased volatility of sales and greater profitability favor fixed fee contracts. We also find that firms are more likely to use output based payments to control the sale and diffusion of R&D or brand intensive know-how to unaffiliated firms. Length: 14 pages Creation-Date: 2004-10 Revision-Date: 2006-09 Publication-Status: Forthcoming in International Journal of Industrial Organization File-URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V8P-4M0J494-1&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F28%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=609abcf2b2792e56de30cae4b2cd8fa6#cor1 File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2006 Number: 04023 Classification-JEL: F23, L14, L24, O32 Keywords: Technology transfer; licensing contracts Handle: RePEc:fal:wpaper:04023 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Raymond Fisman Author-X-Name-First: Raymond Author-X-Name-Last: Fisman Author-Email: svishwas@fau.edu Author-Workplace-Name: Columbia Business School Author-Name: Suman Ghosh Author-X-Name-First: Suman Author-X-Name-Last: Ghosh Author-Email: sghosh@fau.edu Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, College of Business, Florida Atlantic University Title: Dynamics of Firm–Supplier Relationships in a Less Developed Economy: Evidence from African Manufacturing Firms Abstract: In this paper, we study supplier–firm interactions to explain firms' outsourcing relationships. We show that in an imperfect information setup a firm learns about the quality of its suppliers through repeated interaction. As the firm determines the suppliers' quality with greater precision, it gives a greater proportion of its contracts to these “better” suppliers. We report evidence from African manufacturing firms that is consistent with our hypothesis: both frequency and volume of transactions increase with the length of a firm's relationship with its supplier. These effects are stronger in poor contracting environments. Length: 11 pages Creation-Date: 2004-02 Revision-Date: 2005-04 Publication-Status: Published in Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 72, No. 2 File-URL: http://apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0038-4038&volume=072&issue=02&page=0433 File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Published version, 2005 Number: 04024 Classification-JEL: D21, D82, L20 Keywords: Handle: RePEc:fal:wpaper:04024 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Suman Ghosh Author-X-Name-First: Suman Author-X-Name-Last: Ghosh Author-Email: sghosh@fau.edu Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, College of Business, Florida Atlantic University Title: Job mobility and careers in firms Abstract: This paper presents a theoretical model that combines employers learning about worker productivity, human capital acquisition, job-assignment and resolution of worker uncertainty regarding disutility of work from a job, to show how widely documented findings on both wage and promotion dynamics and turnover can be captured in a single set-up. Specifically we show how our model can capture results such as; probability of turnover decreases with labor market experience, wage changes during job changes is more in earlier periods, serial correlation in wages and probability of promotion increases in wages, amongst others. Length: 19 pages Creation-Date: 2004-11 Revision-Date: 2006-07 Publication-Status: Forthcoming in Labour Economics File-URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VFD-4KVXHJ8-1&_user=2139755&_handle=V-WA-A-W-BA-MsSAYWW-UUA-U-AAZDEUBWYD-AAZCVYVUYD-AWCBZZUAA-BA-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=09%2F11%2F2006&_rdoc=8&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%236008%239999%23999999999%2399999!&_cdi=6008&view=c&_acct=C000054269&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=2139755&md5=b74da4a269c2de01ec8edc2fc0935b6e#FCANote File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2006 Number: 04025 Classification-JEL: J41; J63; L22 Keywords: Turnover, Internal labor markets, Human capital Handle: RePEc:fal:wpaper:04025