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Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors
Akcigit, Ufuk; Baslandze, Salomé; Stantcheva, Stefanie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper studies the effect of top tax rates on inventors' mobility since 1977. We put special emphasis on "superstar" inventors, those with the most and most valuable patents. We use panel data on inventors from the United States and European Patent Offices to track inventors' locations over...
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Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations
Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2012
framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multiproduct firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to … regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the firm size distribution. We also incorporate patent citations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553118
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University Innovation, Local Economic Growth, and Entrepreneurship
Hausman, Naomi - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2012
interaction of a national shock to the spread of innovation from universities - the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 - with pre … university innovation increases with geographic proximity to the university. Counties surrounding universities that received more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553119
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INNOVATION, REALLOCATION AND GROWTH
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Bloom, Nicholas; Kerr, … - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2013
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
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