We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are …

contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous … variation to establish causality. By analysing patent citation data, we further provide evidence that these positive effects are …

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the …

. Combining innovation data from world fairs and historical military data across Europe, we show that national military spending …We provide quantitative evidence on the relationship between military spending and innovation in the 19th century … is associated with national innovation towards war logistics such as food processing, but less towards war technology …

This paper develops a two-country, dynamic general equilibrium model with innovation contests to study the impact of … stochastic and sequential global innovation contests in which challengers devote resources to R&D to discover new products while … outsourcing of investment services. Globalization, captured by a move from autarky to the integrated-world equilibrium, leads to …

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the …

emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U ….S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how foreign competition affects domestic innovation. Rising import exposure … sectoral patenting trends, we find that U.S. patent production declines in sectors facing greater import competition. This …

Innovation is part idea generation and part development. We build a model of “innovating-bydoing,” whereby ideas come … to practitioners. Successful innovation requires that practitioners’ideas be developed through costly effort. Our model … program onmedical equipment innovation. Our model’s structure allows us to infer the Medicare program’saggregate effects. We …

innovation. We use machine learning tools to develop new data describing the aspects of medical and mechanical innovations that … are emphasized in patent documents. Our analysis of historical patents yields three primary facts. First, we find that the … U.S. Civil War and World War I led to substantial increases in the quantity of prosthetic device patenting relative to …

countries can simultaneously use patent boxes and R&D subsidies to promote innovation. We show that when countries set their tax … policies unilaterally, innovation is fostered, at the margin, only by the R&D subsidy. The patent box tax rate is instead …Many countries have introduced patent box regimes in recent years, offering a reduced tax rate to businesses for their …