MARKET SIZE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

被引：18

作者：

Boldrin, Michele ^{[1
]}

Levine, David K.

机构：

[1] Washington Univ, Dept Econ, Fed Reserve Bank St Louis, St Louis, MO 63130 USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2009年 / 50卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

PATENTS;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1468-2354.2009.00551.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

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 relative 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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页码：855 / 881

页数：27