We test whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations …

This paper analyzes the impact of technological diversity on innovation inputs and success using Swiss firm-level panel … applications as suggested by the literature. However, since patent applications reflect an intermediate innovation input rather …

and significant impact on innovation success. However, the knowledge spillovers appear to be localized: Spillovers from …We propose a new patent-based measure of knowledge spillovers that calculates technological proximity based on firms … 'relevant' firms, second, it is more precise because it only takes into account knowledge relations with technologically …