This comprehensive collection presents the classic articles in the economics of invention and innovation. It covers … Theory of Induced Invention', Economic Journal, 76 (302), June, 344-57 -- M.I. Kamien and N.L. Schwartz (1969), 'Induced … topics related to sources of inventive and innovative activity, including exogenous and endogenous innovation, with an …

in it, drawing a portrait of contemporary capitalism in which the grip of law threatens the pioneers of innovation … for postgraduate students and researchers of the economics of innovation and IP law. Its original empirical analysis will … also prove insightful to industrial economists, policymakers, IP lawyers and innovation managers in cultural and creative …

Innovation and Institutions is an extensive elaboration on the make up of systems of innovation. It examines why some … countries are more innovative than others, why national styles of innovation differ, and goes on to explore why some countries …

Drawing upon evolutionary economics and resource-based approaches, the author utilises US patent data from 1930-1990 to …

In recent years there has been a substantial global increase in interest in the study of gambling. To some extent this … strategy as well as the ideal structure of gambling taxes and devising optimal responses to environmental changes, such as the … growth of online gambling. This volume, by bringing together the work of leading scholars, will cover the spectrum of such …

By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of …. These include an analysis of why wars begin, how wars are waged, what happens after war has ceased, and the various … alternatives to war. Other sections explore civil war and revolution, the arms trade, economic and political systems, and post …

1. 'Destruction ... and misery' : the First World War -- 2. The Great Depression, 1929-33 -- 3. The Second World War as … an economic disaster -- 4. The rise, fall and rise again of OPEC -- 5. Inflation in the twentieth century -- 6. Financial …The First and Second World Wars, the great depression, oil shocks, inflation, financial crises, stock market crashes …

operate at the level of full employment without provoking unmanageable inflation. They also contend that budget deficits do …pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Functional finance : the background -- pt. III. Assessing the inflation barrier -- pt …

Axel Leijonhufvud has made a unique contribution to the development of macroeconomic theory. This volume draws together … his insightful essays dealing with the extremes of economic instability: great depressions, high inflation and the …pt. 1. Keynesianism, monetarism and rational expectations -- pt. 2. Monetary regimes and inflation -- pt. 3. Markets …