If further decarbonization of electricity systems is to continue, a next generation of innovation in transformative … determinants of innovation in this sector to glean insights on how government may support the development and deployment of these … technologies. We argue that policies that were successful at supporting the first wave of renewables innovation may not be …

the contributions of process and product innovations and scale economies. The results show that product innovation … innovation …

legal environments and technological innovation. I examine firms' use of indirect price discrimination in response to U …

We study the innovation and diffusion of technology at the industry level. We derive the full dynamic paths of an …

This paper surveys the major changes in patent policy and practice that have occurred in the last two decades in the U … effects of changes in patent policy. Despite the significance of the policy changes and the wide availability of detailed data … relating to patenting, robust conclusions regarding the empirical consequences for technological innovation of changes in …

This paper proposes a new measure of technological obsolescence using detailed patent data. Using this measure, we …, and reallocation of capital. This finding applies mainly for obsolescence of core innovation and embodied innovation, and … profits of obsolescent firms. The measure contains incremental information about firm innovation relative to measures focusing …

innovation. We identify significant patents based on textual similarity of a given patent to previous and subsequent work: these …We use textual analysis of high-dimensional data from patent documents to create new indicators of technological … patents are distinct from previous work but are related to subsequent innovations. Our measure of patent significance is …

development of new energy technologies (Popp, 2017). Energy innovation tends to consist of a series of partially overlapping … technologies. Here we combine information from patent applications with bibliographic data to shine light on the second process …

I survey some recent research on the role of patents in encouraging innovation and growth in developing economies …, beginning with a brief history of international patent systems and facts about the current use of patents around the world. I … discuss research on the implications of patents for international technology transfer and domestic innovation. This is …

effect on innovation. We develop a simple "trapped factor" model of innovation that is consistent with these empirical …