Proposal for 3rd World Pharmaceuticals
Jean Lanjouw grapples with promoting development of drugs for 3rd world diseases while making drugs for global diseases affordable in the 3rd world.
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Archive for October, 2002
Open Source Software Development
Jennifer Kuan finds evidence that open source software projects are debugged faster and better. She argues that this is because the developers are users.
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Different Industries, Different Patent Policy
Robert Hunt argues against “one-size-fits-all” patent policy. Patents affect different industries differently and the optimal policy encourages firm entry in innovative industries.
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Licensing Seeds
One industry-specific problem arises with seeds: consumers can use this year’s product to produce next year’s seed. Gokhan Ozertan et al look at the social benefits of different kinds of licensing arrangements for seeds.
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