Intellectual Property Rights, the Industrial Revolution, and the Beginnings of Modern Economic Growth
The importance of the patent system in the British Industrial Revolution has to be scaled down. Inventors were not all motivated primarily by a desire to maximize income: the "two sharp spurs that quicken invention and animate application," as William Shipley, the founder of the society of...
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Published in | The American economic review Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 349 - 355 |
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Abstract | The importance of the patent system in the British Industrial Revolution has to be scaled down. Inventors were not all motivated primarily by a desire to maximize income: the "two sharp spurs that quicken invention and animate application," as William Shipley, the founder of the society of Arts, put it in 1753, were "Profit and Honour." Much of the reward was indirect, through "honor," which was clearly a reflection of the importance of signaling and reputation in this world. Nor can one altogether rule out any role for altruism, as well as a direct utility from being able to solve hard problems--what could be term the "crossword puzzle" motive. None of this is to suggest that money was unimportant to most inventors. But the patent system, for the vast majority of them, offered a false hope, and the expected payoff of a patent was in all likelihood negative. |
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AbstractList | The importance of the patent system in the British Industrial Revolution has to be scaled down. Inventors were not all motivated primarily by a desire to maximize income: the "two sharp spurs that quicken invention and animate application," as William Shipley, the founder of the society of Arts, put it in 1753, were "Profit and Honour." Much of the reward was indirect, through "honor," which was clearly a reflection of the importance of signaling and reputation in this world. Nor can one altogether rule out any role for altruism, as well as a direct utility from being able to solve hard problems--what could be term the "crossword puzzle" motive. None of this is to suggest that money was unimportant to most inventors. But the patent system, for the vast majority of them, offered a false hope, and the expected payoff of a patent was in all likelihood negative. |
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