Atal, Vidya; Bar, Talia - In: Journal of Industrial Economics 62 (2014) 3, pp. 503-540
type="main" <p>In this paper, we study the determinants of patent quality and volume of patent applications when inventors care about perceived patent quality. We analyze the effects of various policy reforms, specifically, a proposal to establish a two-tiered patent system. In the two-tiered...</p>