Czarnitzki, Dirk; Doherr, Thorsten; Hussinger, Katrin; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015
We examine how the ownership of intellectual property rights influences patenting of university-discovered inventions. In 2002, Germany transferred patent rights from faculty members to their universities. To identify the effect on the volume of patenting, we exploit the researcher-level...