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Effect of Intellectual Property Policy on the Speed of Technological Advancement

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In this paper, the agent-based modeling is employed to model the effect of intellectual property policy at the speed of technological advancement. Every agent has inborn preferences towards investing their capital into independent technological development, innovation appropriation, and production. The relative cost of appropriation compared to independent development is chosen as a measure of strictness of intellectual property protection. We vary this parameter and look at the performance of agents with different preferences and overall technological progress. In general, it is found that in the specific setting considered with stronger intellectual property protection leads to faster progress.

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  • Ivan D. Breslavsky, 2017. "Effect of Intellectual Property Policy on the Speed of Technological Advancement," Papers 1706.04518, arXiv.org.
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