The Decision to Patent, Cumulative Innovation, and Optimal Policy

Name: The Decision to Patent, Cumulative Innovation, and Optimal Policy
Cite: SSRN
Year: 2004
Bluebook cite: Erkal, Nisvan, "The Decision to Patent, Cumulative Innovation, and Optimal Policy" . International Journal of Industrial Organization, Forthcoming Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=714421
Author: Nisvau Erkal
URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=714421
Item Type: article
Summary: author attempts to show that as the effectiveness of secrecy as a protection mechanism increases it becomes optimal to have broad patent protection