On the Shoulders of Giants

Colleagues Remember Suzanne Scotchmer's Contributions to Economics

• Author(s): Stephen M. Maurer,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 383
• ISBN_10: 1108124232
  ISBN_13: 9781108124232
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Econometrics , Law / Intellectual Property / General , Mathematics / Game Theory ,

Description:... 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.