factor productivity. The paper develops empirical growth models that allow for this effect in a more flexible way than …

diffusion channels and two types (national versus USPTO) of patent filings. Knowledge spillovers to EMEs accruing from (i) the …

knowledge transfers - from high to low productivity firms - between acquirer and target. Using the Melitz (2003) model of … transfers, where the latter leads to assortative matching on productivity for firms in cross-border M&As. This is in line with … stylized facts (because M&As frequently occur between firms of similar productivity) and in contrast to the proximity …

The diffusion of knowledge in the world generates positive externalities if knowledge flows increase the productivity … productivity. We first estimate the determinants of knowledge flows across 141 sub-national regions in 19 countries of Europe and … North America as revealed by patent citation between US-granted patents. Then we estimate the impact of these flows on …

This paper conducts a comprehensive study of patent citations in patents granted to Belgian corporate applicants by the … United States and the European Patent Offices using qualitative response variable analysis. The analysis uncovered different …

variation to establish causality. By analysing patent citation data, we further provide evidence that these positive effects are …

This paper presents a study of backward and forward patent citations in patents granted to firms and institutions in … the Netherlands by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The study establishes different patterns of … patent citation in recent Dutch patents belonging to different industrial classes. We run our model in the set of backward …