Patent Rights and Innovation Disclosure

This article studies optimal patents with respect to the timing of innovation disclosure. In a simple model, we identify forces that lead firms to either suboptimally patent too early or too late in equilibrium, and we determine conditions so that stronger patents induce earlier or later equilibrium...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Review of Economic Studies. - Review of Economic Studies Ltd.. - 83(2016), 1 (294), Seite 199-230
1. Verfasser: HOPENHAYN, HUGO A. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: SQUINTANI, FRANCESCO
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The Review of Economic Studies
Schlagworte:Law Applied sciences Business Arts Behavioral sciences Education Mathematics Social sciences