Intellectual property rights are fundamental to how economies organize innovation and steer
the diffusion of knowledge. Copyright law, in particular, has developed constantly to keep up …

A strong tradition in economic history, which relies primarily on qualitative evidence and
statistical correlations, has emphasized the importance of patents as a primary driver of …

Understanding Regression Analysis: An Introductory Guide by Larry D. Schroeder, David L.
Sjoquist, and Paula E. Stephan presents the fundamentals of regression analysis, from its …

Innovation is central to long-run economic growth. This chapter summarizes the state of the
literature on the economics of innovation, highlighting open policy questions. We first …

Copyrights, which establish intellectual property in music, science, and other creative goods,
are intended to encourage creativity. Yet, copyrights also raise the cost of accessing existing …

News production requires investment, and competitors' ability to appropriate a story may
reduce a media's incentives to provide original content. Yet, there is little legal protection of …

We empirically investigate how writers' output is affected by copyright piracy using data from
a Chinese digital publishing platform. We identify two measurements of writers' output …

Management and organization scholars have long been intrigued by the performing arts—
music, theater, and dance—as a rich context for studying organizational phenomena …

This paper utilises a unique, purpose-built panel dataset on prominent authors in the UK
and Ireland born 1700–1925 to estimate the productivity gains associated with …

The free digital distribution of creative works could cannibalize demand for physical
versions, but it could also boost physical sales by enabling consumers to discover the …