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My professor at MIT has done some of the most path breaking research on the impact of non-competes on innovation, and what he finds is mostly negative. http://mitsloanexperts.mit.edu/matthew-marx-non-compete-agreements-and-their-impact-on-employees/ http://mitsloanexperts.mit.edu/matthew-marx-non-compete-agre... This is the best example for the impact of policy-driven legislation.