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Journal of Economic Perspectives

ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)

Law and Economics

Some JEP articles recommended for classroom use

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Antitrust topics could also fit under this heading, but JEP articles with that focus are listed under Industrial Organization."

 

Symposium: Patents (Winter 2013) https://www.aeaweb.org/issues/296 

Boldrin, Michele, and David K. Levine. 2013. “The Case against Patents.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27 (1): 3–22. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.27.1.3 

Moser, Petra. 2013. “Patents and Innovation: Evidence from Economic History.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27 (1): 23–44. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.27.1.23 

Hagiu, Andrei, and David B. Yoffie. 2013. “The New Patent Intermediaries: Platforms, Defensive Aggregators, and Super-Aggregators.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27 (1): 45–66. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.27.1.45 

Graham, Stuart, and Saurabh Vishnubhakat. 2013. “Of Smart Phone Wars and Software Patents.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27 (1): 67–86. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.27.1.67 

Symposium: Intellectual Property Rights (Spring 2005) https://www.aeaweb.org/issues/14 

Posner, Richard A. 2005. “Intellectual Property: The Law and Economics Approach.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 19 (2): 57–73. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/0895330054048704 

Lemley, Mark A., and Carl Shapiro. 2005. “Probabilistic Patents.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 19 (2): 75–98. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/0895330054048650 

Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. 2005. “The Economics of Technology Sharing: Open Source and Beyond.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 19 (2): 99–120. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/0895330054048678 

Varian, Hal R. 2005. “Copying and Copyright.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 19 (2): 121–38. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/0895330054048768 

Levitt, Steven D. 2004. “Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six That Do Not.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 18 (1): 163–90. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/089533004773563485