Reputation, Evolution and Growth

声誉、演变和成长

• 批准号: 0314713
• 负责人: David Levine
• 金额: $ 23.76万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-11-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0314713&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Reputation; Evolution; Growth

This research aims to provide a coherent framework for understanding the emergence and consequences of economic institutions and their impact on growth. How do institutions function and which ones will thrive? What social norms support these institutions? Does technology impact institutions, and how? This project will address these issues theoretically, historically, and in the laboratory. This study will particularly focus on two institutions: reputation and intellectual property.Reputation serves a key role in enhancing trade and production. Reputation, in turn, depends upon information flows. Our current theoretical work shows that effective reputations require that there neither be too little information - nor too much. This theory will be elaborated and subject to scrutiny in the laboratory.A second key to modern institutions' growth and innovation is intellectual property. This, too, is an institution deserving of scrutiny. Do patents lead to less trade secrecy? Does IP enhance innovation by increasing incentives, or does it make it difficult to build on existing ideas? This study will pursue both theoretical and empirical answers to these questions.

本研究旨在为理解经济制度的出现和后果及其对增长的影响提供一个连贯的框架。机构如何运作，哪些机构将蓬勃发展？什么样的社会规范支持这些机构？技术是否影响机构，以及如何影响？本项目将从理论上、历史上和实验室中解决这些问题。本研究将特别关注两种制度：声誉和知识产权。声誉在促进贸易和生产方面发挥着关键作用。反过来，声誉取决于信息流。我们目前的理论工作表明，有效的声誉要求信息既不能太少，也不能太多。这一理论将在实验室进行详细阐述和审查。现代机构发展和创新的第二个关键是知识产权。这也是一个值得仔细审查的机构。专利会减少商业秘密吗？知识产权是通过增加激励来促进创新，还是使现有想法难以为继？本研究将寻求这些问题的理论和实证答案。