Issues

Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 4

Volume 4 of this series discusses incentive-based policies, and patent and antitrust reform.

Technology, Trade, and Adjustment to Immigration in Israel

This paper asks why a flood of high-skills immigrants did not reduce wages in Israel.

Open to Development: Open-Source Software and Economic Development

This paper looks at whether open source software (OSS) helps developing countries.

New Technology Transfer Block Exemption, The: A Welcome Reform, After All

This paper looks at how Europe regulates technology agreements between firms.

Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry

This paper looks at how the number of customers for a product affects firms’ research efforts.

Innovation & Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation & Progress, & What to Do About It

Argues that the U.S. patent system is badly managed, has a negative effect on innovation, and proposes some reforms.

From Medieval Guilds to Open Source Software: Informal Norms, Appropriability Institutions, and Innovation

This paper looks at how organizations like guilds fostered innovation, comparing them to law and organizations today.

Don't Fence Me In: Fragmented Markets for Technology and the Patent Acquisition Strategies of Firms

This article examines patterns in patenting among semiconductor firms in the United States.

Environmental Protection in the Information Age

This article hypothesizes about the effect of increased technological advancement on environmental protection policy.

Aligning the Interests of Lawyers and Clients

This paper looks at problems with the way clients pay lawyers.