Growth and Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (IP) protection involves a trade-off between the undesirability of monopoly and the desirable encouragement of creation and innovation. Optimal policy depends on the quantitative strength of these two forces. We give a quantitative assessment of current IP policies. We focus particularly on the scale of the market, showing that as it increases, due either to growth or to the expansion of trade, IP protection should be reduced.

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Year of publication:	2006-12
Authors:	Levine, David ; Boldrin, Michele
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	NBER Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	EFG Number 12769
Classification:	A1 - General Economics ; A10 - General Economics. General ; D0 - Microeconomics. General ; D00 - Microeconomics. General ; D02 - Institutions: Design, Formation, and Operations
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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