Patents

Reviews / Votes

'The volume gives the reader the benefits of diagrams, figures and charts to illustrate the text, and it is richly footnoted, very thoroughly indexed, and fine textured throughout. Every paragraph contains specific references, examples, and notes. . . this book is a collection of major contributions to the important array of issues in the economics of patent system. It represents the collection of works on analyzing and modelling methodologies based on the patent data. This volume is a major contribution not only to the history of research in the patent system, but also to the understanding of a good deal of why the concept of patenting has evolved in economics in the global context as it has. . . I would say this is a book for academics, practitioners who have a background in statistical analysis and econometric modelling, and advanced students interested in the concept of patenting and the analysis of patent data.' -- Guldem Gokcek, Prometheus 'Taken together, these papers make accessible a wide range of patent-related economic and policy issues. . . the papers in the present book give a very good exposure to significant issues involving innovation. Both specialists in innovation and general industrial organization economists will find much interesting material in this collection.' -- David Sibley, Journal of Economic Literature 'The Scherer book is an economist's delight. . . this collection is full of thoughtful insights and quirky corrections to accepted stylised facts. . . The overwhelming impression of this work is that researchers like Scherer work hard at thinking about the real issues and then test their ideas rigorously.' -- John Yeabsley, NZ Law Journal