Does stronger protection of intellectual property stimulate innovation?

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 116
Issue: 1
Pages: 80-82

Authors (2)

Gangopadhyay, Kausik (Indian Institute of Management...) Mondal, Debasis (Indian Institute of Technology...)

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Abstract

This work incorporates the idea that the protection of intellectual property rights may hinder the free flow of scientific knowledge from innovations in a standard endogenous growth model and finds that stronger protection of intellectual property rights may discourage innovation.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:116:y:2012:i:1:p:80-82
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25