Discrimination against Foreigners: The Wuerttemberg Patent Law in Administrative Practice
研究了19世纪下半叶德国符腾堡州专利局通过收取较高专利费来歧视外国发明者的行政实践，揭示了其背后的财政和保护主义动机。
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the patent office of the German state Wuerttemberg strategically discriminated against foreign inventors by charging comparatively high patent fees. We show that this administrative practice was driven by fiscal and protectionist motives.