Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
This paper analyzes the effect of an increase in patent scope on R&D and innovation. It presents a model where patent scope affects an entrant firm's technology choice and thereby creates a trade-off between R&D investments and wasteful duplication of R&D. The model predicts that an increase in...