TY - JOUR
T1 - A model of forum shopping
AU - Lerner, Josh
AU - Tirole, Jean
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - Owners of intellectual property or mere sponsors of an idea (e.g., authors, security issuers, sponsors of standards) resort to more or less independent certifiers to persuade potential users (buyers or adopters) of the worth of their property or idea. We analyze the sponsor's choices of certifier and design, social preferences regarding these choices, and the impacts thereon of multiple categories of users, of a downstream presence of the sponsor, and of certifier market power. Finally, we study strategic forum shopping by sponsors of competing ideas.
AB - Owners of intellectual property or mere sponsors of an idea (e.g., authors, security issuers, sponsors of standards) resort to more or less independent certifiers to persuade potential users (buyers or adopters) of the worth of their property or idea. We analyze the sponsor's choices of certifier and design, social preferences regarding these choices, and the impacts thereon of multiple categories of users, of a downstream presence of the sponsor, and of certifier market power. Finally, we study strategic forum shopping by sponsors of competing ideas.
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U2 - 10.1257/aer.96.4.1091
DO - 10.1257/aer.96.4.1091
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33847628937
VL - 96
SP - 1091
EP - 1113
JO - American Economic Review
JF - American Economic Review
SN - 0002-8282
IS - 4
ER -