IJIO Research Summary – Pharmaceuticals, Incremental Innovation and Market Exclusivity
Many accuse the pharmaceutical industry of “ever-greening” or extending patent protection by introducing new products that are slight improvements over older drugs. Others may argue that incremental innovation may provide important benefits to patients, as evidenced by the heat-stable version of antiretroviral drug, Norvir. We [...]
IJIO Research Summary – Surfing incognito: Welfare effects of anonymous shopping
Online shopping is convenient for consumers. However, it also makes it easy for sellers to keep track of individual customers' purchasing decisions and thereby learn about their willingness to pay. The sellers can then charge personalized prices that leave consumers with a smaller surplus than [...]
EARIE Launches Summer School
Application to the EARIE Summer School is open to any Ph.D. student, or any researcher who defended their thesis in the past 3 years. There are no fees for participants. EARIE membership is not required for applications, but it is encouraged. Find out more about the inaugural [...]
IJIO Research Summary – A sufficient statistics approach for welfare analysis of oligopolistic third‐degree price discrimination
Since December 21, 2012, gender-based premiums in insurance contracts have been prohibited in the EU [1]. If gender-based price discrimination were to be allowed, as it had been before, what would result? In car insurance, for example, the average premium for men would rise and [...]
EARIE 2023 Paper Submissions Open
Rome Awaits! Submissions for EARIE 2023 are now open! Deadline March 15, 23:59 CET. More here
Ginger Jin Becomes IJIO Managing Editor
Frank Verboven steps down as Managing Editor of IJIO with the close of 2022. EARIE warmly thanks Frank for his services and dedication to IJIO over the past 5 years. Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland, will join Giacomo Calzolari, as Managing Editor of IJIO. “"I [...]