Competition and innovation
Competition and innovation
Which kind of intellectual property regime is more favorable to innovation: one that enforces patents or one that does not? Economic theory is unable to answer this question, as valid arguments can be made both for and against patents; hence we must turn to empirical evidence. In this paper, we review empirical evidence gathered by other researchers and add new evidence of our own. We conclude that the evidence
suggests that patents do not promote innovation, but instead retard it.
1935308483
Boldrin, Michele
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Correa, Juan A.
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Levine, David
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Ornaghi, Carmine
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Miron, Jeffrey
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2012
Boldrin, Michele
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Correa, Juan A.
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Levine, David
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Ornaghi, Carmine
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Miron, Jeffrey
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Boldrin, Michele, Correa, Juan A., Levine, David, Ornaghi, Carmine and Miron, Jeffrey
(2012)
Competition and innovation.
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Cato Papers on Public Policy.
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Cato Institute.
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Abstract
Which kind of intellectual property regime is more favorable to innovation: one that enforces patents or one that does not? Economic theory is unable to answer this question, as valid arguments can be made both for and against patents; hence we must turn to empirical evidence. In this paper, we review empirical evidence gathered by other researchers and add new evidence of our own. We conclude that the evidence
suggests that patents do not promote innovation, but instead retard it.
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Accepted/In Press date: 16 December 2011
Published date: 2012
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/203277
ISBN: 1935308483
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Michele Boldrin
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Juan A. Correa
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David Levine
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Jeffrey Miron
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