patent-regime change on world-fair exhibits per capita, which we use as a proxy for non-patented innovation. We interpret …This paper analyzes the consequences of radical patent-regime change by exploiting a natural experiment: the forced … adoption of the Prussian patent system in territories annexed after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Compared to other German …

This study examines whether and how anticorruption efforts may mitigate the risk of corporate fraud. Based on a sample … likelihood of fraud commission and increase the likelihood of detection given fraud. These effects are driven by state …-developed market and legal institutions are less likely to commit fraud in the post anticorruption period. Firms increasing internal …

initial inventor on the one hand and overall innovation incentives on the other hand. We find that incomplete patent … protection can positively affect overall innovation incentives while maintaining the advantageousness of patent protection over …From the viewpoint of an innovator a patent is a tradeoff between the right to exclude others from using the patented …