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The NBER Patent Citations Data File: Lessons, Insights and Methodological Tools
Hall, Bronwyn H; Jaffe, Adam B; Trajtenberg, Manuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper describes the database on US patents that we have developed over the past decade, with the goal of making it … — about 3 million patents and 16 million citations — is now available on the NBER website. We discuss key issues that arise in … to use the raw number of citations received by different patents directly in a meaningful way. To remedy this problem we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136726
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Languages, Fees and the International Scope of Patenting
Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin; van Pottelsberghe de la … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
patents granted by the EPO are estimated to increase by 29%. …
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Technology in Growth
Keely, Louise; Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
We review the role of R&D in endogenous growth theory, and describe extant empirical research – macro and micro – bearing on R&D as an engine of growth. Taking R&D to be key, while recognizing the significance of economic incentives, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497933
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Inducement Prizes and Innovation
Brunt, Liam; Lerner, Josh; Nicholas, Tom - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We examine prizes as an inducement for innovation using a novel dataset of awards for inventiveness offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of England from 1839 to 1939. At annual shows the RASE held competitive trials and awarded medals and monetary prizes (exceeding one million pounds in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114142
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To Be Financed or Not… - The Role of Patents for Venture Capital Financing
Haeussler, Carolin; Harhoff, Dietmar; Mueller, Elisabeth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncertainty and therefore rely on patents … British biotechnology companies we have identified all patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO). Applying hazard rate … attention to patent quality, financing those ventures faster which later turn out to have high-quality patents. Patent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662179
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The 'Names Game': Harnessing Inventors Patent Data for Economic Research
Melamed, Ran; Shiff, Gil; Trajtenberg, Manuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
detailed data on inventors contained in patents, and harness it for economic research. Patent data has long been used in … empirical research in economics, and yet the information on the identity (i.e. the names and location) of the patents’ inventors … be spelled differently across her/his patents, and the exact same name may correspond to different inventors (i.e. the …
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Do inventors talk to strangers? On proximity and collaborative knowledge creation
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...
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Mapping prices into productivity in multisector growth models
Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Samaniego, Roberto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Two issues related to mapping a multi-sector model into a reduced-form value-added model are often neglected: the composition of intermediate goods, and the distinction between the productivity indices for value added and for gross output. We illustrate their significance for growth accounting...
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Industrial Policy and Competition
Aghion, Philippe; Dewatripont, Mathias; Du, Liqun; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
The economic slowdown in the 70s in Latin America and Japan in the late 90s, generated a growing skepticism about the role of industrial policy in the process of economic development. Yet, new considerations have emerged over the recent period, which invite us to revisit the issue. This paper...
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The Environment and Directed Technical Change
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Bursztyn, Leonardo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper introduces endogenous and directed technical change in a growth model with environmental constraints. A unique final good is produced by combining inputs from two sectors. One of these sectors uses "dirty" machines and thus creates environmental degradation. Research can be directed...
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