PROPERTY RIGHTS IN TRADE SECRETS

Economic Inquiry - Tập 20 Số 1 - Trang 40-53 - 1982
Steven N. S. Cheung1
1*University of Washington. An earlier draft of this paper, written in 1976, has benefited by its presentation at UCLA, the University of Chicago, the Western Economic Association, and the National Science Foundation. I am particularly grateful to Jack Hirshleifer, Christopher D. Hall, and Yoram Barzel for their insightful comments. For assistance in its preparation, thanks are due to Charlotte Twight and Marion Impola. Financial support has been provided by the National Science Foundation Grant Number PRA76-19804.

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