Economic interactions between scientists and commercial interests and their impact on scientific knowledge dissemination: a theoretical and empirical investigation

近几十年来，科学家、政策制定者和企业之间就科学发现的有用性展开了激烈的辩论。尽管它具有明确的经济意义，但科学家和公司之间在关键选择（如与专利保护相关的出版权和许可协议）上的互动却很少有经济模型。这些选择对科学知识的传播及其生产性应用产生影响。这个项目将在理论和经验层面检查这些相互作用，目的是深入了解公共政策制定者是否应该以及如何监管或不受限制地监管科学的商业化。

In recent decades, the debate between scientists, policy-makers and businesses on the usefulness of scientific discoveries has been intense. Despite its clear economic implications, there has been very little economic modeling of the interactions between scientists and firms on key choices such as publication rights and licensing agreements associated with patent protection. These choices impact on the diffusion of scientific knowledge and their productive applications. This project will examine those interactions both at a theoretical and empirical level with the goal of generating insights into whether and how public policy makers should regulate or leave unchecked the commercialisation of science.