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Title: The Rules of Standard Setting Organizations: An Empirical Analysis

Author(s): Benjamin Chiao, Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole

Publication Date: February 2007

Keyword(s): forum shopping, innovation, licensing and standardization

Programme Area(s): Industrial Organization

Abstract: This paper empirically explores standard-setting organizations? policy choices. Consistent with Lerner-Tirole (2006), we find (a) a negative relationship between the extent to which an SSO is oriented to technology sponsors and the concession level required of sponsors and (b) a positive correlation between the sponsor-friendliness of the selected SSO and the quality of the standard. We also develop and test two extensions of the earlier model: the presence of provisions mandating royalty-free licensing is negatively associated with disclosure requirements, and the relationship between concessions and user friendliness is weaker when there is only a limited number of SSOs.

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Chiao, B, Lerner, J and Tirole, J. 2007. ' The Rules of Standard Setting Organizations: An Empirical Analysis'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=6141