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The Impact of R&D Subsidy on Innovation : A Study of New Zealand Firms

Jaffe, Adam B. - 2015

This paper examines the impact of government assistance through R&D grants on innovation output for firms in New … the world while its effects on process innovation and any product innovation are relatively much weaker. Moreover, there …

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Exporting, Innovation and the Role of Immigrants

Sin, Isabelle - 2015

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Peanut Butter Patents Versus the New Economy : Does the Increased Rate of Patenting Signal More Invention or Just Lower Standards?

Sanyal, Paroma; Jaffe, Adam B. - 2014

The rate of patenting in the U.S. has exploded in the last half of the 1990s. It is widely believed that the increase in patent grants is at least partly a result of the apparent decline in examination standards. There has been little exploration, however, of the theoretical prediction that a...

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Energy-Saving Technology Innovation : The Effect of Economic Incentives and Direct Regulation

Newell, Richard G.; Jaffe, Adam B.; Stavins, Robert N. - 2014

The determinants of energy-saving innovation, and particularly the roles of energy prices and efficiency standards in … adapting the induced innovation model to a product characteristics framework, we develop econometric estimates that indicate … (equiproportional) improvement in all product characteristics, and that this neutral innovation does not appear to be responsive to …

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Are Patent Fees Effective at Weeding Out Low-Quality Patents?

Rassenfosse, Gaétan de; Jaffe, Adam B. - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2015

The paper investigates whether patent fees are an effective mechanism to deter the filing of low-quality patent applications. The study analyses the effect of the Patent Law Amendment Act of 1982, which resulted in a substantial increase in patenting fees at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,...

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