Can historical institutions affect today's firm innovation? We analyze a historical experiment in 1902, when the … industrial firms in China, we show that firms in locations historically affected by the CMC rules exhibit higher innovation …

from China impact U.S. innovation through the markets for innovation and existing products. We identify shocks to … innovation and existing product competition using the geography of Chinese internet penetration and Chinese import data … intellectual property and in existing products are associated with decreased U.S. firm innovation …

Monitoring by institutional investors can act as an important mechanism to promote firm innovation. By investigating … innovation. Consistent with the monitoring view, we further find that (1) the effect of institutional investors on firm patenting … robust when innovation quality is examined. …

provinces in the People's Republic of China, we find that credit market development enhances firms' product innovation …

of innovation: inputs and outputs. These positive effects remain valid after controlling for potential endogeneity …

Can historical institutions affect today's firm innovation? We analyze a historical experiment in 1902, when the … industrial firms in China, we show that firms in locations historically affected by the CMC rules exhibit higher innovation …

Monitoring by institutional investors can act as an important mechanism to promote firm innovation. By investigating … innovation. Consistent with the monitoring view, we further find that:(1) the effect of institutional investors on firm patenting … robust when innovation quality is examined …

The paper analyses the effect of the stock market on firm innovation through the lens of initial public offering (IPO … firm innovation activity. In addition, IPOs expand a firm's scope of innovation beyond its core business. The impact of … IPOs on firm innovation varies across financial constraints, corporate governance, and ownership structures. Our results …