MARKET SIZE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Boldrin, Michele; Levine, David K.
• 署名单位: Washington University (WUSTL); Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - St. Louis; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0020-6598
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2009.00551.x
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 855-881
• 关键词: Patents

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.