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In this paper we attempt to provide a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of academic research and patenting in India. Academic research is conceptualised as a research production process where research inputs (like research time and number of research scholars) are transformed into...
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implementation of the Community Patent (COMPAT). The econometric results and simulations presented in this paper suggest that, thanks … relative patenting costs for applicants while generating more income for the European Patent Office and most national patent … offices. The loss of economic rents (€400 million would be lost by patent attorneys, translators and lawyers) and the drop of …
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This paper provides new evidence about the budgetary consequences - for patent offices - of the coexistence of the … forthcoming Unitary Patent (UP) with the current European Patent (EP). Simulation results illustrate a dilemma between high UP … renewal fees to ensure enough financial income for all national patent offices (NPOs) and low UP renewal fees to make the UP …
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Using a narrative identification of tax changes in the United States over the post-WWII period, we document that a temporary cut in corporate income tax rates leads to a long-lasting increase in innovation and productivity, whereas changes in personal income tax rates only have short-term...
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India’s emergence in the world economy over the last decade, has often, in popular discourse, been attributed, at least to a large extent, to its sustained efforts towards technological learning and capacity building. In this paper we present an overview of India’s technological trajectory...
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the introduction of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980 in the US. The Act allowed universities to retain patent rights over …
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Developing countries frequently offer tax incentives and even subsidize the entry and operation of foreign firms. I examine the optimality of such policies in an economy where growth is driven by entrepreneurial know-how, a skill that is continuously updated on the basis of the productive ideas...
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The study of innovation and technological change is an increasing field of economic enquire because innovation can be considered a major engine of growth. This paper is concerned with the determinants of innovation and technological change. Different theoretical approaches present in the...
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We study the impact of environmental regulations on the patent activities for wind turbines between 1980 and 2008. We …
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Using a narrative identification of US tax changes over the post-WWII period, we show that corporate income tax cuts foster R&D spending and innovation, leading to a persistent increase in aggregate productivity and output. In contrast, changes in the average personal income tax rate have mostly...
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