Beneito, Pilar; Rochina-Barrachina, María Engracia; … - In: Industry and Innovation 21 (2014) 4, pp. 285-309
This paper presents fresh evidence on the interaction between industrial property rights (patents) and competition, and their joint effect on firms' innovation. We use panel data of Spanish manufacturing firms for 1990-2006, as well as external information on European Patent Office and US Patent...