Daily Archives: 15/10/2012

Assorted Links (EconFin)

    1. Innovation Without Patents — Evidence from the World Fairs: how the propensity to patent changes over time
    2. Software Patents and the Return of Functional Claiming: Lemley call for the return of the 1952 Patent Act
    3. Buffett’s Alpha: betting against beta with ingenious sources of leverage
    4. R&D and the Incentives from Merger and Acquisition Activity: empirical evidence for the “small businesses are more innovative than large firms” mantra
    5. Regulation and Investment in Network Industries: Evidence from European Telecoms. Access regulation considered harmful to network investment.