Price Regulation and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals
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- Brekke, Kurt R. & Holmås, Tor Helge & Straume, Odd Rune, 2015. "Price regulation and parallel imports of pharmaceuticals," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 92-105.
- Brekke, Kurt R. & Holmås, Tor Helge & Straume, Odd Rune, 2014. "Price Regulation and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 1/2014, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
- Kurt R. Brekke & Tor Helge Holmås & Odd Rune Straume, 2015. "Price Regulation and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals," CESifo Working Paper Series 5469, CESifo.
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Keywords
Pharmaceutical market; Price regulation; Parallel imports;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L65 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2014-01-24 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-HME-2014-01-24 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-IND-2014-01-24 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-REG-2014-01-24 (Regulation)
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