On the Shoulders of Giants: Colleagues Remember Suzanne Scotchmer's Contributions to Economics (Econometric Society Monographs)

Cambridge University Press, 10/13/2017
EAN 9781107578968, ISBN10: 1107578965

Paperback, 402 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Language: English

This book presents eleven classic papers by the late Professor Suzanne Scotchmer with introductions by leading economists and legal scholars. This book introduces Scotchmer's life and work; analyses her pioneering contributions to the economics of patents and innovation incentives, with a special focus on the modern theory of cumulative innovation; and describes her pioneering work on law and economics, evolutionary game theory, and general equilibrium/club theory. This book also provides a self-contained introduction to students who want to learn more about the various fields that Professor Scotchmer worked in, with a particular focus on patent incentives and cumulative innovation.

1. Introduction
2. Threads in the tapestry
3. Innovation theory (I)
cumulative innovation
4. Innovation theory (II)
law and economics
5. Clubs
6. Evolutionary game theory
7. Public policy
8. Living legacy
9. Epilogue.