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Privatization of Knowledge: Did the U.S. Get It Right?

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Guido Cozzi
Silvia Galli

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Brilliant ideas are key to economic growth. They often emerge from scientific discoveries with no immediate commercial value - so rewards may not be aligned to effort. Should basic research be publicly or privately funded? And, to foster innovation and growth, what kinds of discovery should be protected? Post 1980, the US intellectual property institutions facilitated the patentability of basic research. The European and other patenting regimes are slowly changing in the same direction, also encouraged by TRIPs. Did the US choose the better path? We build a Schumpeterian model to re-assess this important turning point.

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Keywords: R&D and Growth; Sequential Innovation; Research Tools; Patent Laws; Kremer Mechanism;

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O31 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O34 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Intellectual Property Rights
O41 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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