I survey some recent research on the role of patents in encouraging innovation and growth in developing economies …, beginning with a brief history of international patent systems and facts about the current use of patents around the world. I … discuss research on the implications of patents for international technology transfer and domestic innovation. This is …

), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge … intensive services benefit from innovation activities in the sense that these activities causally increase their labor …

), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge … intensive services benefit from innovation activities in the sense that these activities causally increase their labor …

Evidence on the “funding gap” for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on financial market reasons for …

to financing constraints, but also do not seem to benefit from a patent quality signal …

to financing constraints, but also do not seem to benefit from a patent quality signal. …

to financing constraints, but also do not seem to benefit from a patent quality signal. …

to financing constraints, but also do not seem to benefit from a patent quality signal …

evidence on patent effectiveness in encouraging innovation and reviews the current controversies in patent policy …A patent is the legal right of an inventor to exclude others from making or using a particular invention. This right is … sometimes termed an lsquo;intellectual property right' and is viewed as an incentive for innovation. This article surveys the …

innovation. Recent survey evidence suggests that semiconductor firms do not rely heavily on patents to appropriate returns to R …&D. Yet the propensity of semiconductor firms to patent has risen dramatically since the mid-1980s. We explore this apparent … firms during 1979-95. The results suggest that the 1980s strengthening of US patent rights spawned "patent portfolio races …