We investigate how international patent activity enables firms from emerging economies to thrive in the global … marketplace. We match Chinese customs data to US patent records, and leverage the quasi-random assignment of USPTO patent … examiners to identify the causal effect of a US patent grant on the subsequent export performance of Chinese firms. Successful …

observe export and patenting activities worldwide and at the product level. We exploit how heterogeneity of patent … coverageacross (and within) product-country relates to exports. We find a patent premium of at least 10 percent, which is mainly …

sectoral patenting trends, we find that U.S. patent production declines in sectors facing greater import competition. This …

sectoral patenting trends, we find that U.S. patent production declines in sectors facing greater import competition. This …

foreign patent rights (FPRs) and the exports of three High-Tech industries at Taiwan: the semiconductor, the information and …

Agreement) of an exception allowing for the manufacture and export of patent-protected products. It concludes that such an …