Innovation Policy and the Economy, volume 2.

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Innovation Policy and the Economy, edited by Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, is available from the MIT Press for $25.00 in paperback or $58.00 clothbound. This volume is the second in an annual series that presents research on the interactions between public policy -- particularly as it affects the ability of an economy to achieve scientific and technological progress and thus economic growth -- and the innovation process. The topics in this volume include: some economic aspects of antitrust analysis in dynamically competitive industries; when intellectual property is the best incentive system; Israeli lessons on government support for commercial...