&D business functions. We do not find any direct effects of robot adoption; robotization affects labor only indirectly, by … through which rapid robotization in China shaped robotization in Europe and, therefore, GVC participation. This highlights an …

value chain. Using a novel combination of data sources including firm-level export data, input-output linkages, and robot … adoption, we show contrasting implications for Southern firms. Increased exposure to robot adoption in the destination country … of exports reduces firm-level exports in case of robot adoption in the same industry. However, the opposite holds when …

This paper examines the labor market implications of investment in automation over the life cycle of ICT and robot …

Patent box regimes have become increasingly popular as an instrument to attract taxable income from intellectual … property (IP). This paper assesses the quantitative impact of patent box regimes on profit shifting by multinational … enterprises (MNEs). We proxy the ability to access the tax benefit of the patent box by historical IP ownership. On average …

We study the causal impact of invalidating marginally valid patents during post-grant opposition at the European Patent … participation of a patent's original examiner in the opposition division as an instrument. We find a disciplinary effect of … invalidation: Affected inventors file 20% fewer patent applications in the decade after the decision. This effect is entirely …