Over the past 20 years, the number of patents assigned to universities has increased dramatically. This increase coincided with several policy initiatives, such as the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, designed to foster technology transfer between universities and the private sector. This paper examines...

This research examines the effect of air quality regulations on the productivity of US power plants based on both economic and environmental outputs. Using data envelopment analysis (DEA) to estimate an efficiency measure incorporating both economic and environmental outcomes, we look at changes...

The implementation of the Bayh-Dole Patent and Trademark Amendments Act of 1980 aided the ease with which universities could patent innovations supported by federal funding.However, environmental and societal factors are often overlooked when accounting for this ease and increase in obtaining...