Does stronger protection of intellectual property stimulate innovation?

被引:122
作者
Gangopadhyay, Kausik [2 ]
Mondal, Debasis [1 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Technol Delhi, Dept Humanities & Social Sci, New Delhi 110016, India
[2] Indian Inst Management Kozhikode, Kozikode 673570, India
关键词
Intellectual property rights; Endogenous growth; Innovation; Knowledge spillover; RIGHTS; GROWTH;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2012.01.006
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This work incorporates the idea that the protection of intellectual property rights may hinder the free flow of scientific knowledge from innovations in a standard endogenous growth model and finds that stronger protection of intellectual property rights may discourage innovation. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:80 / 82
页数:3
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