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A Model of Forum Shopping, with Special Reference to Standard Setting Organizations
The paper analyzes the strategic choice of certifiers in rival and non-rival situations of intellectual property in a three-stage game. The authors extend the basic model to multiple categories of users to the downstream presence of the sponsor, and to within-user-group network externalities and study strategic forum shopping by sponsors of competing standards.
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