Watt, again? Boldrin and Levine still exaggerate the adverse effect of patents on the progress of steam power

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1101-1113

  Selgin, George ^a   Turner, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial revolution; Intellectual property; Patent

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649085168     PISSN: 15555879     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1432     Document Type: Article

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