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Patents and Innovation: Evidence from Economic History

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Moser, Petra·2013·Journal of Economic Perspectives
DOI 10.1257/jep.27.1.23
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What is the optimal system of intellectual property rights to encourage innovation? Empirical evidence from economic history can help to inform important policy questions that have been difficult to answer with modern data: For example, does the existence of strong patent laws encourage innovation? What proportion of innovations is patented? Is this share constant across industries and over time? How does patenting affect the diffusion of knowledge? How effective are prominent mechanisms, such as patent pools and compulsory licensing, that have been proposed to address problems with the patent system? This essay summarizes results of existing research and highlights promising areas for future research.

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Authors
Moser, P.
Venue
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2013-02-01
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
23-44
ISSN
0895-3309 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/jep.27.1.23
OpenAlex
W3125878831
Cited by
452
References
57
FWCI
67.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
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