This paper offers a theoretical treatment of information disclosure through patenting. We consider a signaling model in …

markets as explanations for the extraordinary level and growth of patenting. This paper considers whether these factors could … indicate that IPRs and the size of the middle class help explain patterns of resident, but not non-resident patenting. Overall …, the evidence suggests that non-resident patenting patterns are driven more by exogenous factors and global integration …

This paper examines whether patenting increases the private incentives to innovate in manufacturing. To study this …

This paper analyzes the effects of different sources of R&D funding and patent office attributes on the patenting … process and quantifying its effect on patenting. The empirical estimation is based on four major industries – electronics … source of R&D funding as well as performer (academic, federal and industry) has a differential effect on patenting. Second …

The rate of patenting in the U.S. has exploded in the last half of the 1990s. It is widely believed that the increase … filing more applications, but also confirm earlier findings that the surge in patenting in the US in the last two decades …