Public choice perspectives on intellectual property

Eli Dourado and Alexander Tabarrok

Public Choice, 2015, vol. 163, issue 1, 129-151

Abstract: We mine two public choice traditions for insights into intellectual property rights: the Virginia school, centered on James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock, and the Bloomington or Institutional Analysis and Development school, centered on Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom. We apply the perspectives of each school to issues of intellectual property and develop new insights, questions, and focuses of attention. We also explore tensions and synergies between the two schools on issues of intellectual property. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Keywords: Intellectual property; Patents; Copyright; Public choice; Virginia school; Bloomington school; Institutional economics; Institutional analysis and development; O30; D72; D02 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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