Frederic M. Scherer

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management

79 John F. Kennedy Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Pharmaceutical Innovation

KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-004, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. 07-19
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 06 Feb 2007
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Welfare, Health Care, Social Policy

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Technological Innovation and Monopolization

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Technological Innovation and Monopolization

KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-043
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Nov 2007
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Business and Government Policy, Law and Legal Institutions

Technological Innovation and Monopolization

American Antitrust Institute Working Paper No. 05-07
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 11 Mar 2008
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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antitrust, innovation, technology, monopolization, intellectual property, remedies

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The Emergence of Musical Copyright in Europe from 1709 to 1850

Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 3-18, 2008
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Feb 2009
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Copyright, music, economic history

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The Political Economy of Patent Policy Reform in the United States

KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-042
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Jan 2008
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Business and Government Policy, Law and Legal Institutions, Science¸ Technology and Public Policy

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Remedies Brief of Amici Curiae

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 04 Nov 2000
Robert E. Litan, Roger G. Noll, William D. Nordhaus and Frederic M. Scherer
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Stanford University - Department of Economics, Yale University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Brief of Amici Curiae Economists in Support of Petitioners, Bell Atlantic V. Twombly

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Jan 2009
William J. Baumol, Michael J. Boskin, Robert W. Crandall, Kenneth G. Elzinga, David S. Evans, Gerald R. Faulhaber, Franklin M. Fisher, Luke M. Froeb, Richard Gilbert, Paul L. Joskow, Michael L. Katz, Paul R. Milgrom, Thomas G. Moore, Janusz A. Ordover, Robert H. Porter, Frederic M. Scherer, Richard Schmalensee, Marius Schwartz, David S. Sibley, Vernon L. Smith, Edward A. Snyder, A. Michael Spence, Pablo T. Spiller, Alan Sykes, David Teece and Michael D. Whinston
New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Brookings Institution, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Berkeley Research Group, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Deceased, Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Stanford University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Georgetown University - Department of Economics, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Economics, Chapman University - Economic Science Institute, Yale University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group, Stanford University - Law School, Institute for Business Innovation and Sloan School of Management and Department of Economics
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Twombly, Bell Atlantic, Bell Atlantic v Twombly, Amici Curiae, Sherman Section 1

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A Note on Global Welfare in Pharmaceutical Patenting

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 03-11
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Aug 2004
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Pharmaceutical patenting, Global welfare

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The Dynamics of Capitalism

HKS Working Paper No. RWP10-001
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2010
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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capitalism, Industrial Revolution, science and technology

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Mergers and Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry

American Antitrust Institute Working Paper No. 12-05
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Dec 2012
William S. Comanor and Frederic M. Scherer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Pharmaceutical Mergers, Innovation

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Class Actions in the U.S. Experience: An Economist's Perception

KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-028
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 19 Jun 2007
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Law and Legal Institutions

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Essential Drugs

KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-003
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Feb 2007
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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International development

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Dynamics and Regulation of the Asian Pharmaceutical Industry: A Critical Review

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-021
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Jun 2008
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Business and Government Policy, Welfare/Health Care/Social Policy

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The Historical Foundations of Communications Regulation

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-050
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 12 Nov 2008
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Regulation, Science, Technology, Public Policy

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A Perplexed Economist Confronts 'Too Big to Fail'

HKS Working Paper No. RWP10-007
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Dec 2010
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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finance, banking, financial regulation,

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Corporate Structure and the Financial Support of U.S. Symphony Orchestras

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Corporate Structure and the Financial Support of U.S. Symphony Orchestras

KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-002
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Feb 2007
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Nonprofit sector

Corporate Structure and the Financial Support of U.S. Symphony Orchestras

American Antitrust Institute Working Paper No. 05-06
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Jan 2020
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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antitrust, mergers, corporate headquarters, contributions

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Vertical Antitrust Policy as a Problem of Inference: The Response of the American Antitrust Institute

American Antitrust Institute Working Paper No. 05-04
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 Mar 2008
Frederic M. Scherer, Robert L. Steiner and William S. Comanor
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Vertical restraints, Federal Trade Commission, rule of reason, evidence

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An Industrial Organization Perspective on the Influenza Vaccine Shortage

American Antitrust Institute Working Paper No. 04-03
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Mar 2008
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Vaccines, economies of scale, stochastic supply failure, profitability, external benefits, public regulation

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First Mover Advantages and Optimal Patent Protection

HKS Working Paper No. RWP14-053
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2014
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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patent protection, technology innovation, first-mover advantage

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Managerial Control and Executive Compensation

HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-002
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Feb 2019
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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What Do Exit Polls and Flu Vaccine Shortages Have in Common?

FTC: Watch, No. 647, February 2005
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 12 Mar 2009
Robert H. Lande, Albert Foer and Frederic M. Scherer
University of Baltimore - School of Law, American Antitrust Institute (AAI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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exit polls, flu vaccine, monopoly, competition, too big to fail

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On the Paternity of a Market Delineation Approach

Posted: 04 Feb 2009
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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SSNIP, market definition

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Retail Distribution Channel Barriers to International Trade

Posted: 30 Jan 1999
Frederic M. Scherer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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