全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP6316 Intergenerational Mobility and the Informative Content of Surnames

G2TT

来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP6316
	DP6316 Intergenerational Mobility and the Informative Content of Surnames
	maia guell; José V Rodríguez Mora; Chris Telmer
发表日期	2007-06-08
出版年	2007
语种	英语
摘要	RAND commitments - i.e., promises to license on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms - play a key role in standard setting processes. However, the usefulness of those commitments has recently been questioned. The problem allegedly lies in the absence of a generally agreed test to determine whether a particular license satisfies a RAND commitment. Swanson and Baumol have suggested that "the concept of a ?reasonable? royalty for purposes of RAND licensing must be defined and implemented by reference to ex ante competition." In their opinion, a royalty should be deemed 'reasonable' when it approximates the outcome of an ex ante auction process where IP owners submit RAND commitments coupled with licensing terms and selection to the standard is based on both technological merit and licensing terms. In this paper we investigate whether the ex ante auction approach proposed by Swanson and Baumol is likely to deliver efficient outcomes, both from static and dynamic standpoints. We find that given the peculiar characteristics of some of the industries where standardization takes place, in particular the many different business models adopted by innovating companies in those industries, the ex ante auction approach proposed by Swanson and Baumol may not always deliver the right outcomes from a social welfare viewpoint.
主题	Industrial Organization
关键词	Auctions Fairness Licensing Standard setting
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp6316
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/535158
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	maia guell,José V Rodríguez Mora,Chris Telmer. DP6316 Intergenerational Mobility and the Informative Content of Surnames. 2007.