Shapiro, Matthew A.; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 4/5/6, pp. 230-250
This paper examines the phenomenon of international R%D collaboration in the form of cross-national patenting. Using a unique dataset on patents from the USPTO for a maximum of 125 countries over the period 1975-2005, we show that, despite the potential for technological advancement arising from...