Knowledge Enclosures, Forced Specializations and Investment Crisis

Like land before the industrial revolution, in the present global economy much knowledge is being enclosed in private hands. In this paper we argue that these enclosures have become a major factor in specialization among firms and among countries: both are forced to specialize in the fields that are...

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Main Authors: Filippo Belloc, Ugo Pagano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC 2012-12-01
Series:The European Journal of Comparative Economics
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Online Access:http://eaces.liuc.it/18242979201203/182429792012090306.pdf