[Lecture]Xiaolan Zhou：Proportional vs. Unit Fees: Evidence from Patent Licensing Fees in China’s Smartphone Market
Time: 16:00-17:00pm, Dec. 9th, 2020, Wednesday
Venue: RoomA1514, Science Building, North Zhongshan Road Campus
/Tencent meeting ID：836 468 594
Spreker:Xiaolan Zhou, Researcher, Zijiang young scholar, School of Economics, East China Normal University
Abstract:We compare social welfare between proportional and unit fees, assuming that there is no change in the total patent licensing fees from China’s smartphone market. We divide consumers into four groups by their income. Under the unit fee, high-end smartphone companies pay less licensing fees at the expense of middle-end and low-end smartphone companies; high-income consumers become better off at the expense of low-income consumers; the average change in consumer welfare is negative. Our findings explain why most licensing contracts include royalties based on the entire market value (EMV) of the product rather the smallest saleable patent practicing unit (SSPPU).
Speaker’s Bio:周晓岚博士现为华东师范大学经济与管理学部经济学院的研究员、紫江青年学者，美国耶鲁大学经济学博士，武汉大学经济学和数学学士。研究方向为实证产业组织、实证微观经济学。研究内容包括反垄断、专利定价、各种产业政策、价格歧视等，涉及平台经济、电子通讯、汽车、银行等多个行业。在国际著名学术期刊发表论文多篇，包括Rand Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Industrial Economics, International Journal of Industrial Origination等。
