relating to patenting, robust conclusions regarding the empirical consequences for technological innovation of changes in …

development of new energy technologies (Popp, 2017). Energy innovation tends to consist of a series of partially overlapping …

externalities but also by innovation market failures. This paper maps the economics literature on innovation market failures and …

The 'quality' of novel technological innovations is extremely variable, and the ability to measure innovation quality … is essential to sensible, evidence-based policy. Patents, an often vital precursor to a commercialised innovation, share …

innovation in a socially desirable substitute. Evolutionary theory emphasizes the possibility of innovation waves associated with … products. It does appear, however, that dominant designs did have substantial positive innovation effects. More specifically … innovation effects at the firm level than among individual inventors …

How does firm entry affect innovation incentives and productivity growth in incumbent firms? Micro-data suggests that … threat spurs innovation incentives in sectors close to the technological frontier--successful innovation allows incumbents to … prevent entry. In laggard sectors it discourages innovation--increased entry threat reduces incumbents' expected rents from …

This paper investigates the relationship between product market competition (PMC) and innovation. A growth model is … reduce innovation incentives for laggards. There are four key predictions. First, the relationship between product market … competition (PMC) and innovation is an inverted U-shape. Second, the equilibrium degree of technological neck-and-neckness' among …

have the potential to advance scholarship on the life course of innovation with implications for workplace policies …

effect on the performance of domestic firms relative to their foreign competitors, by stimulating domestic innovation. We … examine the stylized facts regarding environmental expenditures and innovation in a panel of manufacturing industries. We find …