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Vassar Scholarship

The option value of patent litigation: Theory and evidence

Publication Date
2003-December-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Marco, Alan C.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

In this paper I present a real options model of patent litigation when patents are not perfectly enforceable. I consider both finite horizon and infinite horizon models. The theoretical results demonstrate that patent value depends not only on the underlying...

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Vassar College Archives Audio Collection

The poison tree / Helen Lanfer

Imprint
[between 1950 and 1959?]
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The poison tree / Helen Lanfer: Audio disc side 1

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Vassar Scholarship

The political economy of conditionality: an empirical analysis of World Bank Enforcement

Publication Date
2008-January-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Kilby, Christopher
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

Traditional aid conditionality has been attacked as ineffective in part because aid agencies - notably the World Bank - often fail to enforce conditions. This pattern undermines the credibility of conditionality, weakening incentives to implement policy reforms. The standard critique...

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Vassar Scholarship

The Politics of Mobility: Study Abroad in an Era of Climate Change

Publication Date
2020-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Gibson, Anna
Department or Program
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This paper explores the fundamental tension between mobility and the environmental consequences of the transportation that allows for that movement, zeroing in on the paradox of studying abroad in order to learn about climate or environmental sciences. With this, I...

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Vassar Scholarship

The portfolio allocation effects of investor sentiment about the ability of managers to beat the market

Publication Date
2003-February-03
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Flynn, Sean Masaki
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

I present a model that can transform discounts on closed-end mutual funds into a measure of investor sentiment about the ability of fund managers to beat the market. This measure of sentiment varies positively with capital flows into actively managed...

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Vassar Scholarship

The Poughkeepsie Farmers Market: Whiteness and the Logic of Food Access

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
David A. Orkin
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The Poughkeepsie Farmers Market was the epitome of the Poughkeepsie Farm Project's mission to create a "just and sustainable food system in the Hudson Valley." While farm itself had been operating for many years prior to the program, it had...

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