Archive for Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine, and Alessandro Nuvolari

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Michele Boldrin and David Levine are professors of economics at Washington University in St. Louis. Boldrin is co-editor of the Review of Economic Dynamics. Levine is president of the Society of Economic Dynamics. Alessandro Nuvolari is an assistant professor of the economics of science and technology at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Do Patents Encourage or Hinder Innovation? The Case of the Steam Engine

Today one of the most controversial issues in economic policy is that of patent law. Is a patent just an extension of property rights to the realm of ideas? Or is it an unwarranted interference by the government into the rights of individuals?

1Dec2008 | Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine, and Alessandro Nuvolari | 5 comments | Continued