WORKING PAPERS

[1] Second-Price Auctions with Participation Costs [with José Espín-Sanchez and Yuzhou Wang] (draft: January 2020) [pdf]

[2] Entry Games Under Private Information [with José Espín-Sanchez] (Under substantial revision, new draft expected March 2021)

[3] On the Interaction between Patent Screening and its Enforcement, with Gerard Llobet and Javier Suárez.  (Substantial revision of a previous paper, as requested by RAND). [pdf]

PUBLISHED OR FORTHCOMING PAPERS
[1] Sequential Innovation, Patent Policy, and the Dynamics of the Replacement Effect [pdf][Online Appendix]
RAND Journal of Economics, Vol 50 (3), Pages 568–590

[2] Innovation and Competition: The role of the Product Market [with Guillermo Marshall] [pdf] 
International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol 65, July 2019, 221-247
    • 2019’s IJIO Best Theoretical Paper Award.

[3] Announcing High Prices to Deter Innovation [with Guillermo Marshall] [pdf]  (Accepted, Management Science )

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