LaBelle, Jesse; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; … - 2023
We build a stylized model that captures the relationships between cross-border patenting, globalization, and … development. Our theory delivers a gravity equation for cross-border patents. To test the model's predictions, we compile a new … dataset that tracks patents within and between countries and industries, for 1980-2019. The econometric analysis reveals a …