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

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

Journal Article
Intellectual property protection in a globalizing era
Lai, Edwin L.-C. (2008)
Economic Letter , Volume 3

Journal Article
Intellectual property rights and product effectiveness
Gruben, William C.; Brown, Stephen P. A. (1997-10)
Recent economic literature concludes that an invention-importing country, where domestic invention is scarce or nonexistent, may reduce its welfare and, in some cases, world welfare, by protecting intellectual property developed elsewhere. The analysis presented in this article uses economic theory to show that such a conclusion may not be fully warranted for a wide range of products, such as antibiotics, fungicides, herbicides, and pesticides, whose effectiveness diminishes with cumulative use. Both developed and developing countries may find that protecting intellectual property rights ...
Economic and Financial Policy Review , Issue Q IV , Pages 15-20

Working Paper
Intellectual property rights and standard setting in financial services: the case of the Single European Payments Area
Takalo, Tuomas; Hunt, Robert M.; Simojoki, Samuli (2007)
For many reasons, payment systems are subject to strong network effects; one of those is the necessity of interoperability among participants. This is often accomplished via standard-setting organizations. The goal of the Single European Payments Area (SEPA) is to establish modern cross-boarder consumer payment systems for Europe. This too will require a standard-setting arrangement. But patents are also becoming an important feature of electronic payment systems and thus standard setting under SEPA should incorporate a policy to address the ownership and licensing of essential intellectual ...
Working Papers , Paper 07-20