Handbook on law, innovation and growth / edited by Robert E. Litan ; in association with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Litan, Robert E., 1950-

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and economics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Law and economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This Handbook provides breakthrough analyses on an important, cutting-edge topic: the connections between the legal system, both in substance and process, and innovation and growth. Arguably the most important intellectual development in legal scholarship and judicial decision-making over the past four decades has been the increasing use of economic modes of analysis in legal reasoning. The Handbook on Law, Innovation and Growth sheds new light on the linkages between innovation, growth and the legal system, answering questions that will help policymakers better understand and implement the la

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1 Is the law dynamically efficient?; 2 The role of the entrepreneur in economic growth; 3 Integrity and innovation in the public capital markets: a survey of the securities law literature; 4 Securities litigation and innovation; 5 Incentives for innovation: bankruptcy, corporate governance, and compensation systems; 6 Intellectual property rights and economic progress: a review of the literature; 7 Torts and innovation; 8 Do patents matter? Empirical evidence on the incentive thesis; 9 Why do entrepreneurs patent?

10 National technology transfer mechanisms11 Controlling the means of innovation: the centrality of private ordering arrangements for innovators and entrepreneurs; 12 The value of lawyers as members of entrepreneurial teams; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612978913

9781282978911

1282978918

9780857930545

0857930540

OCLC:

705536150