Legal institutions, innovation, and growth
Anderlini, L., Felli, L., Immordino, G. & Riboni, A.
(2013).
Legal institutions, innovation, and growth.
International Economic Review,
54(3), 937-956.
https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12023
We analyze the relationship between legal institutions, innovation, and growth. We compare a rigid legal system (the law is set before the technological innovation) and a flexible one (the law is set after observing the new technology). The flexible system dominates in terms of welfare, amount of innovation, and output growth at intermediate stages of technological development-periods when legal change is needed. The rigid system is preferable at early stages of technological development, when commitment problems are severe. For mature technologies, the two legal systems are equivalent. We find that rigid legal systems may induce excessive R&D investment
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2013 The Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and the Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association |
| Departments |
LSE > Academic Departments > Economics LSE > Research Centres > STICERD LSE > Research Centres > Financial Markets Group |
| DOI | 10.1111/iere.12023 |
| Date Deposited | 02 Aug 2013 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/51354 |
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