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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Bargaining in the shadow of precedent: the surprising irrelevance of asymmetric stakes

Publication Date
2006-April-12
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Marco, Alan C.
Kieran J. Walsh
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

We develop a model of bargaining and litigation in the context of patent licensing (or any contractual setting). Following Priest and Klein (1984) we developed a model that explicitly allows for (1) multiple parties (leading to asymmetry of stakes), (2)...

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Credibility and credulity: how beliefs about beliefs affect entry incentives

Publication Date
2006-November-13
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Kieran J. Walsh
Marco, Alan C.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

In this note we investigate the infringement (entry) decision for a firm facing an incumbent patent holder with uncertain patent rights. The entrant risks a dispute by entering, resulting in either a settlement (licensing) or litigation and trial. Using the...

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NET/STALGIA: Nostalgia-Tripping on the Internet Aesthetic

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Hiramine, Brie
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

As the Internet drifts away from being a novel technology, people have increasingly become fascinated by the sometimes-garish, comparatively rudimentary aesthetics of the early web. Using Walter Benjamin's reflections on the Parisian arcades as a framework, I propose that this...

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Uncovering the Collective Labor Behind the Singer/Songwriter: A Collaboratively Produced Album

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Smith, Samantha A. M.
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

This project is an album consisting of nine original songs that I arranged, performed, and recorded at Vassar College. The accompanying thesis destabilizes the media construct of the independent singer/songwriter by interrogating the medium-specific space between the composition and the...

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