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Words in Patents : Research Inputs and the Value of Innovativeness in Invention
Packalen, Mikko - 2012
Intelligently allocating research effort and funds requires deciding whether to build on recent advances or on more established knowledge. When recent advances create superior opportunities for invention, their adoption as research inputs in the invention process promotes technological progress....
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The Other Ex-Ante Moral Hazard in Health
Bhattacharya, Jay - 2008
As an empirical example of this externality, we analyze the innovation induced by the obesity epidemic. Obesity is … associated with an increase in the incidence of many diseases. The induced innovation hypothesis is that an increase in the … incidence of a disease will increase technological innovation specific to that disease. The empirical economics literature has …
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Resting on Their Laureates? Research Productivity Among Winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Bhattacharya, Jay; Bollyky, Paul; Goldhaber-Fiebert, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is the most prestigious and coveted award in medical research. Anecdotal evidence and related research suggest that receiving it may adversely affect research productivity. We compared the post-Nobel research output of laureates (prize years: 1950-2010)...
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