How does product liability risk affect innovation? Evidence from medical implants
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Keywords
Product liability; Innovation; Tort; Medical devices; Vertical foreclosure;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
- K13 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Tort Law and Product Liability; Forensic Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INO-2018-08-13 (Innovation)
- NEP-LAW-2018-08-13 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-TID-2018-08-13 (Technology and Industrial Dynamics)
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