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Optimal patent length and breadth in an economy with creative destruction and non-diversifiable risk

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  • Tapio Palokangas, 2011. "Optimal patent length and breadth in an economy with creative destruction and non-diversifiable risk," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 102(1), pages 1-27, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jeczfn:v:102:y:2011:i:1:p:1-27
    DOI: 10.1007/s00712-010-0161-0
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    4. Tanaka, Hitoshi & Iwaisako, Tatsuro, 2014. "Intellectual property rights and foreign direct investment: A welfare analysis," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 107-124.
    5. Tatsuro Iwaisako, 2016. "Effects of Patent Protection on Optimal Corporate Income and Consumption Taxes in an R&D‐Based Growth Model," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 83(2), pages 590-608, October.
    6. Angus C. Chu & Ching‐Chong Lai & Chih‐Hsing Liao, 2019. "A Tale of Two Growth Engines: Interactive Effects of Monetary Policy and Intellectual Property Rights," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 51(7), pages 2029-2052, October.
    7. Chu, Angus C. & Furukawa, Yuichi, 2011. "On the optimal mix of patent instruments," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 35(11), pages 1964-1975.
    8. Iwaisako, Tatsuro, 2020. "Welfare Effects Of Patent Protection In A Semi-Endogenous Growth Model," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(3), pages 708-728, April.
    9. Keiichi Kishi, 2014. "A patentability requirement and industries targeted by R&D," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 14-27-Rev., Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics, revised Oct 2014.
    10. Xiaojun Hu & Ronald Rousseau, 2015. "A simple approach to describe a company’s innovative activities and their technological breadth," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 102(2), pages 1401-1411, February.
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    13. Angus C. Chu & Yuichi Furukawa, 2013. "Patentability and Knowledge Spillovers of Basic R&D," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 79(4), pages 928-945, April.

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    Keywords

    Patents; Imitation; Innovation; Product cycles; Non-diversifiable risk; L11; L16; O31; O34;
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    JEL classification:

    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L16 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital

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