Working Paper
Protecting social interest in free invention
Gruben, William C.; Brown, Stephen P. A. (1994)
Working Papers , Paper 9405

Journal Article
Research spotlight : Fine-tuning
Sumo, Vanessa (2006-04)
Econ Focus , Volume 10 , Issue Spr , Pages 3

Report
Rent-seeking and innovation
Levine, David K.; Boldrin, Michele (2004)
Innovations and their adoption are the keys to growth and development. Innovations are less socially useful, but more profitable for the innovator, when they are adopted slowly and the innovator remains a monopolist. For this reason, rent-seeking, both public and private, plays an important role in determining the social usefulness of innovations. This paper examines the political economy of intellectual property, analyzing the trade-off between private and public rent-seeking. While it is true in principle that public rent-seeking may be a substitute for private rent-seeking, it is not true ...
Staff Report , Paper 347

Conference Paper
Promising developments in technology transfer and intellectual property protection in Mexico
Einstein, Edwin F. (1991)
Proceedings

Report
The economics of ideas and intellectual property
Levine, David K.; Boldrin, Michele (2005)
Innovation and the adoption of new ideas are fundamental to economic progress. Here we examine the underlying economics of the market for ideas. From a positive perspective, we examine how such markets function with and without government intervention. From a normative perspective, we examine the pitfalls of existing institutions, and how they might be improved. We highlight recent research by ourselves and others challenging the notion that government awards of monopoly through patents and copyright are ?the way? to provide appropriate incentives for innovation.
Staff Report , Paper 357

Journal Article
Business method patents take center stage at Atlanta Fed conference
Stanford, Clifford (2003-04-02)
A recent Atlanta Fed conference focused on the economic and legal issues surrounding business method patent developments in the U.S. financial services industry.
Financial Update , Volume 16 , Issue Q 2

Journal Article
The Tenth District's brain drain: who left and what did it cost?
Ferguson, Deron (1995-01)
Most of the Tenth Federal Reserve District states experienced a brain drain, or an outmigration of highly educated people, during the last half of the 1980s. Fortunately, the recent tide of migration appears to have turned for some district states. Yet, it is still important for policymakers to understand the full impact of a brain drain on a state's economy. Highly educated people are prone to move, based on their region's economic performance relative to other parts of the country. Thus, current favorable migration trends in the district could easily be reversed.
Regional Economic Digest , Issue Q I , Pages 8-13

Journal Article
Was Napster right? Conventional theory says we need strong copyrights and patents to unlock innovation. On the contrary, argue Michele Boldrin and David Levine
Clement, Douglas (2002-09)
The Region , Volume 16 , Issue Sep , Pages 10-15, 46-49, 52-54

Conference Paper
Growing by leaps and inches: creative destruction, real cost reduction, and inching up
Zucker, Lynne G.; Darby, Michael R. (2003-09)
Proceedings , Issue Sep , Pages 13-42

Journal Article
A delicate balance : constructing an intellectual property regime that promotes both innovation and social welfare
Steelman, Aaron (2003-04)
Econ Focus , Volume 7 , Issue Spr , Pages 28-31