| Session 78-- | Intellectual property institutions and inventive activity in historical perspective |
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Title: Intellectual property institutions and inventive activity in historical perspective Organizers:
Kenneth Sokoloff (USA)
Description of the session: The generation of new technological knowledge is one of the fundamental processes of economic growth. Despite its importance, however, scholars have only a very incomplete understanding of how and why the rates and organization of invention have varied over time, space, and levels of economic and technological development. Among the important issues that have been highlighted by recent work are: a) the significance of economic incentives (and market forces) to inventors in accounting for the rates and direction of invention; b) the role of intellectual property institutions, such as patent or copyright systems, and of government policy generally in stimulating the generation and diffusion of new knowledge; c) whether and how the organization of production influences the rate and direction of technological change; and d) what are the factors that influence the rate and timing of when new technologies are actually implemented. The session will focus on these and related issues, with critical discussion of case studies and explicit comparative analyses. Participants: Bjorn Basberg (Norway); Edward Beatty (USA); Kristine Bruland (Norway); Paul David (UK); George Grantham (Canada); Zorina Khan (USA); Naomi Lamoreaux (USA); Christine Macleod (UK); Petra Moser (USA); Patricio Saiz (Spain); Kenneth Sokoloff (USA).
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