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Intellectual Property Rights, the Industrial Revolution, and the Beginnings of Modern Economic Growth

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Citation

Mokyr, Joel. 2009. "Intellectual Property Rights, the Industrial Revolution, and the Beginnings of Modern Economic Growth." American Economic Review, 99 (2): 349-55. DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.349

JEL Classification

  • K11 Property Law
  • N10 Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations: General, International, or Comparative
  • N40 Economic History: Government, War, Law, and Regulation: General, International, or Comparative
  • N70 Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: General, International, or Comparative
  • O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
  • O34 Intellectual Property Rights