Optimal patent length and breadth in an economy with creative destruction and non-diversifiable risk

DOI10.1007/s00712-010-0161-0zbMath1231.91329OpenAlexW2032588006MaRDI QIDQ617362

Tapio Palokangas

Publication date: 21 January 2011

Published in: Journal of Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-010-0161-0

zbMATH Keywords

innovationpatentsimitationproduct cyclesnon-diversifiable risk

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38) Economic growth models (91B62) Resource and cost allocation (including fair division, apportionment, etc.) (91B32)

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Uses Software

• IMITATOR

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