Beneito, Pilar; Rochina-Barrachina, María E.; Sanchis, … - Departament d'Estructura Econòmica, Facultad de Economía - 2012
In this paper we analyze how industrial property rights (IPRs), measured by patents granted, affect competition at the … techniques, we construct a new synthetic measure of competition. Our results indicate that although the use of IPRs (in terms of …