Does intellectual monopoly help innovation?

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 991-1024

  Boldrin, Michele ^a   Levine, David K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial revolution; Mercantilism; Patent; Protectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649109226     PISSN: 15555879     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1438     Document Type: Article

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