Articles by Suzanne Scotchmer

Intellectual Property and R&D Incentives

Game Theory & Mathematical Economics

Club Theory

Law & Economics

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Intellectual Property and R&D Incentives 

Scarcity of Ideas and Options to Invest in R&D. 2007. Nisvan Erkal and Suzanne Scotchmer.  Working Paper 07-348, Dept of Economics, U.C., Berkeley.

Open Source Software: The New IP Paradigm.  2006.  S. Maurer and S. Scotchmer. In T. Hendershott, ed. Handbook of Economics and  Information Systems. 285-319. Amsterdam: Elsevier.  (preprint)

Still Looking for Lost Profits: The Case of Horizontal Competition.  2005. M. Schankerman and S. Scotchmer.  IBER Working Paper E05-344.  Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley.

Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products, July 2005.  Yooki Park and Suzanne Scotchmer.  WP 11532.  Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

Intellectual Property.  2007.  Peter Menell and Suzanne Scotchmer.  (forthcoming) In Mitch Polinsky and Steven Shavell, eds. Handbook of Law and Economics.    Amsterdam: Elsevier.  (preprint)

Profit Neutrality in Licensing: The Boundary Between Antitrust Law and Patent Law. 2006. S. Maurer and S. Scotchmer.  2007.  American Law and Economics Review 8:476-522.   (preprint)

Procuring Knowledge, Stephen M. Maurer and Suzanne Scotchmer. 2004. In Libecap, G., ed., Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship: Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth, Vol 15, pp. 1-31. The Netherlands: JAI Press (Elsevier).

The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Treaties. 2004. Suzanne Scotchmer. Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations 20:415-437.

The Law and Economics of Reverse Engineering. 2002.  Pam Samuelson and Suzanne Scotchmer, Yale Law Journal 111:1575-1663.   (preprint)

The Independent-Invention Defense in Intellectual Property. 2002. Stephen M. Maurer and Suzanne Scotchmer, Economica 69:535-547.   (preprint)

Intellectual Property: When is it the Best Incentive Mechanism? 2002. Nancy Gallini and Suzanne Scotchmer, Innovation Policy and the Economy, Vol 2, Adam Jaffe, Joshua Lerner and Scott Stern, eds, MIT Press, pp. 51-78, and also forthcoming in Legal Orderings and Economic Institutions, F. Cafaggi, A. Nicita and U. Pagano, eds., Routledge Studies in Political Economy.

Intellectual Property--When is it the Best Incentive Mechanism for S&T Data? (testimony) 2003. in Esanu, J.M. and Uhlir, P.F., eds. The Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain: Proceedings of a Symposium, pp. 15-18. Washington,D.C.: National Academies Press.

Database Protection: Is it Broken and Should We Fix it?, Stephen M. Maurer and Suzanne Scotchmer, Science (14 May 1999) 284:1129-1130.

On the Optimality of the Patent Renewal System 1999. Rand Journal of Economics 30:181-196.

Damages and Injunctions in the Protection of Intellectual Property, Mark Schankerman and Suzanne Scotchmer, RAND Journal of Economics (Spring 2001) 32:199-220.

Delegating Investment in a Common-Value Project, February 1999, Suzanne Scotchmer, Institute of Business and Economic Research Working Paper E99-266, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1922.

"Incentives to Innovate", Suzanne Scotchmer, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law, MacMillan Press, 1998, Peter Newman, editor

"Patent Breadth, Patent Life, and the Pace of Technological Improvement", Ted O'Donoghue, Suzanne Scotchmer and Jacques Thisse. 1998. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 7:1-32.

"Protecting Early Innovators: Should Second-Generation Products be Patentable?", Suzanne Scotchmer, The Rand Journal of Economics 27, Summer 1996, 322-331.

"On the Division of Profit between Sequential Innovators", Jerry Green and Suzanne Scotchmer, The Rand Journal of Economics 26, pp. 20-33, spring 1995

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Cumulative Research and the Patent Law, Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Economic Perspectives 5(1), Winter 1991, 29-41. Reprinted in The Economics of Technical Change, Edwin Mansfield and Elizabeth Mansfield, eds, Edward Elgar Publishing Company, 1993

Novelty and Disclosure in Patent Law, Jerry Green and Suzanne Scotchmer, The Rand Journal of Economics, spring 1990, vol. 21, 131-146.

Coordinating Research through Research Joint Ventures. 1992. Neil Gandal and Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Public Economics 51:173-193

Patents as an Incentive System,  Suzanne Scotchmer.  Ch. 12, pp 281-296, of Economics in a Changing World, Volume 2, Beth Allen, ed., McMillan Press (London) and St. Martin's Press (New York), 1996.

R&D Joint Ventures and other Cooperative Arrangements.  Suzanne Scotchmer. 1998. In Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy, R. Anderson and N. Gallini, eds, University of Calgary Press, Industry Canada Research Series, 1998, 203-222

 

Game Theory and Mathematical Economics       top  

Risk Taking and Gender in Hierarchies.  Suzanne Scotchmer IBER Working Paper E06-346, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley.

Consumption Externalities, Rental Markets and Purchase Clubs, 2005. Scotchmer, Economic Theory 25:235-253.

The Organization of Consumption, Production and Learning.  2005. B. Ellickson, B. Grodal, S. Scotchmer, W. Zame.  In K. Vind, ed. The Birgit Grodal Symposium.  Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Clubs and the Market: Large Finite Economies , B. Ellickson, B. Grodal, S. Scotchmer, and W. Zame, Journal of Economic Theory 101, 40-77.

"Clubs and the Market", B. Ellickson, B. Grodal, S. Scotchmer, W. Zame. 1999. Econometrica 67:1185-1218. (preprint)

"A Theory of Firm Formation and Skills Acquisition ", B. Ellickson, B. Grodal, S. Scotchmer, W. Zame, find it on the website of the World Congress of the Econometric Society, Seattle, August 11-16, 2000

"On the Evolution of Attitudes toward Risk in Winner-Take-All Games" (preprint) Eddie Dekel and Suzanne Scotchmer. 1999. Journal of Economic Theory 87:125-143.

"On the Evolution of Optimizing Behavior", E. Dekel and Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Economic Theory 57(2), August 1992, 392-406.

"Ex Post Regret and the Decentralized Sharing of Information", (preprint) April 1999, Deborah Minehart and Suzanne Scotchmer, Games and Economic Behavior 27(1), 114-131.

The Core and the Hedonic Core: Equivalence and Comparative Statics, Greg Engl and Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Mathematical Economics 26, 1996, 209-248, and “The Core and Hedonic Core: Reply to Wooders (2001), with Counterexamples”, Journal of Mathematical Economics 37(4), 341-353.

"The Law of Supply in Games, Markets and Matching Models" (preprint) Greg Engl and Suzanne Scotchmer. 1997. Economic Theory 9:539-550.

"The Decentralization of Pareto Optima in Economies with Public Goods and Inessential Private Goods" Dimitrios Diamantaris, Robert Gilles and Suzanne Scotchmer. 1996 Economic Theory 8:555-564.

"Partnerships," J. Farrell and Suzanne Scotchmer. 1988, Quarterly Journal of Economics 279-297.

"The Implications of Space for Competition", with Jacques-Francois Thisse, Studies in Regional and Urban Planning 1994, 227-246, also printed as "Space and Value" in Economics in the Next Ten Years, Alan Kirman, Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet, and Michele Ruggiero, eds., 1995, Oxford University Press.

"Space and Competition: A Puzzle", Suzanne Scotchmer and Jacques Thisse. 1992. Annals of Regional Science 26:269-286.

"Space and Value" Suzanne Scotchmer and Jacques-Francois Thisse, in Economics in the Next Ten Years, Alan Kirman, Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet, and Michele Ruggiero, eds., 1995, Oxford University Press.

"Irrational Behavior in the AT&T Investment Game", Economics Letters 45 (1994), 471-474, J. Farrell and Suzanne Scotchmer

"Market Share Inertia with More than Two Firms: An Existence Problem," Suzanne Scotchmer, Economics Letters, 1986

 

Clubs and Local Public Goods    top

Consumption Externalities, Rental Markets and Purchase Clubs, 2005. S. Scotchmer, Economic Theory 25:235-253.

The Organization of Consumption, Production and Learning.  2005. B. Ellickson, B. Grodal, S. Scotchmer, W. Zame.  In K. Vind, ed. The Birgit Grodal Symposium.  Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Local Public Goods and Clubs, Suzanne Scotchmer. In Alan Auerbach and Martin Feldstein, eds.  2002. Handbook of Public Economics, Vol IV. Ch. 29, pp. 1997-2042. Amsterdam: North-Holland Press.

Constitutional Rules of Exclusion in Jurisdiction Formation, P. Jehiel and S. Scotchmer, Review of Economic Studies 68, April 2001, 393-411.

Clubs and the Market, preprint, B. Ellickson, B. Grodal, S. Scotchmer, W. Zame, Econometrica 67 (1999), 1185-1218.

Clubs and the Market: Large Finite Economies, B. Ellickson, B. Grodal, S. Scotchmer, W. Zame, Journal of Economic Theory 2001, 101, 40-77.

"Decentralization in Replicated Club Economies", Robert Gilles and Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Economic Theory 72, 1997, 363-387.

"Decentralization in Club Economies: How Multiple Private Goods Matter", Robert Gilles and Suzanne Scotchmer Essays in Public Economics in Honor of Eitan Berglas, Cambridge University Press, New York

"Free Mobility and the Optimal Number of Jurisdictions", Philippe Jéhiel and Suzanne Scotchmer, Annales d'Economie et de Statistiques 45, 1997, 219-231

"Externality Pricing in Club Economies", Suzanne Scotchmer, Ricerche Economiche 50(4), 1996, 347-366

"On Price-Taking Equilibria in Club Economies with Nonanonymous Crowding'", 1997, Suzanne Scotchmer , Journal of Public Economics 65(1), pp. 75-87

"On the Uses of Club Theory: Preface to the Club Theory Symposium", with Amiohai Glazer. Esko Niskanen, Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Public Economics 65(1), 3-8 (1997).

"On Price-Taking Equilibria in Club Economies with Nonanonymous Crowding", Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Public Economics 1997.

"Concurrence et Biens Publics", Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, Suzanne Scotchmer, No. 33, March 1994, 157-186. Also published "Public Goods and the Invisible Hand", Modern Public Finance, John Quigley and Eugene Smolensky, eds., Harvard University Press, 1994.

"Competitive Equilibrium and the Core in Club Economies with Anonymous Crowding," Suzanne Scotchmer and M. Woodders, Journal of Public Economics 34, 1987, 159-173.

"Local Public Goods in an Equilibrium: How Pecuniary Externalities Matter," Suzanne Scotchmer, Regional Science and Urban Economics 16, 1986, 463-481.

"Two-tier Pricing of Shared Facilities in a Free-Entry Equilibrium," The Rand Journal of Economics, Suzanne Scotchmer, Vol. 16, No. 4, Winter 1985, pp. 456-472.

"Profit-Maximizing Clubs," Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Public Economics, September 1985, Vol. 27, pp. 25-85.

 

Other Law and Economics Topics (also see intellectual property)     top

"Rules of Evidence and Statistical Reasoning in Court", Suzanne Scotchmer, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law, 1998 MacMillan Press, Peter Newman, editor

"Contingent Fees", Daniel Rubinfeld and Suzanne Scotchmer, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law, 1998, MacMillan Press, Peter Newman, editor

"On the Self-Reinforcing Nature of Crime", Joel Schrag and Suzanne Scotchmer, International Journal of Law and Economics 17 (1997), 325-335.

"Crime and Prejudice: The Use of Character Evidence in Criminal Trials", Joel Schrag and Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations 10(2), 1994, 319-342.

"Contingent Fees for Lawyers: An Economic Analysis", The Rand Journal of Economics 24 (1993) 343-356, D. Rubinfeld and Suzanne Scotchmer

 

Public Finance               top

Local Public Goods and Clubs, Suzanne Scotchmer. In Alan Auerbach and Martin Feldstein, eds.  2002. Handbook of Public Economics, Vol IV. Ch. 29, pp. 1997-2042. Amsterdam: North-Holland Press.

The Regressive Bias in Taxation and Enforcement, Suzanne Scotchmer, Public Finance 58 (1992), 366-371.

Who Profits from Taxpayer Confusion?, Suzanne Scotchmer, Economics Letters 29, 1989, 49-55.

What Counts? Analysis Counts John Quigley and Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of the Association for Policy Analysis 8(3), Summer 1989, 483-489.

The Social Cost of Uniform Regulatory Standards, C. A. Jones and Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1990, Vol. 19, 61-72.

Randomness in Tax Enforcement, Suzanne Scotchmer and J. Slemrod, Journal of Public Economics 38, February 1989, 17-32.

The Effect of Tax Advisors on Tax Compliance, Suzanne Scotchmer, in Why People Pay Taxes: A Social Science Perspective, ed. by J. Roth and J. Scholz, National Academy of Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989.

Equivalent Variation with Uncertain Prices, Suzanne Scotchmer, Economics Letters 29 (1989), 127-128.

Audit Classes and Tax Enforcement Policy, Suzanne Scotchmer, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 77 (2), 1987, 229-233.

The Short Run and Long Run Benefits of Environmental Improvement, Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Public Economics 30, 1986, 61-81.

Hedonic Prices and Cost/Benefit Analysis, Suzanne Scotchmer, Journal of Economic Theory, October 1985, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 55-75.

Collusion Through Insurance: Sharing the Costs of Oil Spill Cleanups, Eddie Dekel and Suzanne Scotchmer, American Economic Review March, 1990, Vol 80, 249-252

 

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