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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Market Trade in Patents and the Rise of a Class of Specialized Inventors in the 19th-Century United States

  • Naomi R. Lamoreaux
  • Kenneth L. Sokoloff
American Economic Review
vol. 91, no. 2, May 2001
(pp. 39–44)
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Citation

Lamoreaux, Naomi, R., and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. 2001. "Market Trade in Patents and the Rise of a Class of Specialized Inventors in the 19th-Century United States." American Economic Review, 91 (2): 39–44. DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.2.39

JEL Classification

  • O34 Intellectual Property Rights
  • N31 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Religion: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
  • N71 Economic History: Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913