Social and Technological Efficiency of Patent Systems

Thomas Vallee and Murat YILDIZOGLU (E3i, IFReDE-GRES)

Cahiers du GRES (2002-2009) from Groupement de Recherches Economiques et Sociales

Abstract: This article develops an evolutionary model of industry dynamics in order to carry out a richer theoretical analysis of the consequences of a stronger patent system. The first results obtained in our article are rather consistent with the anti-patent arguments and they do not favour the case for a stronger patent system: higher social welfare and technical progress are observed in our model in industries with milder patent systems (lower patent height and patent life).

Keywords: Innovation; technical progress; patent system; Intellectual property rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L52 O3 O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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