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The design of licensing contracts: Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Electrical Engineering in Imperial Germany

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  • Carsten Burhop

    () (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn and University of Cologne)

  • Thorsten Lübbers

    () (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn and University of Cologne)

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    We investigate a sample of 180 technology licensing contracts closed by German chemical, pharmaceutical, and electrical engineering companies between 1880 and 1913. Our empirical results suggest that strategic behaviour seems to be relevant for the design of licensing contracts, whereas inventor moral hazard and risk aversion of licensor or licensee seem to be irrelevant. Moreover, our results suggest that uncertainty regarding the profitability of licensed technology influenced the design of licensing contracts. More specifically, profit sharing agreements or producer milestones were typically included into licensing contracts.

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    Paper provided by Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in its series Working Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods with number 2011_18.

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    Keywords: Economic History; Germany; pre-1913; Licensing contracts; Technology transfer;

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