The competitive shock to the U.S. manufacturing sector spurred by rising China import competition could either catalyze …-level and technology class-level patent production. Accompanying this fall in innovation, global employment, sales … or stifle innovation. Using three distinct sources of variation to identify rising trade exposure, we provide a causal …

.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how foreign competition affects domestic innovation. Rising import exposure … emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U … sectoral patenting trends, we find that U.S. patent production declines in sectors facing greater import competition. This …

.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how foreign competition affects domestic innovation. Rising import exposure … emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U … sectoral patenting trends, we find that U.S. patent production declines in sectors facing greater import competition. This …

The competitive shock to the U.S. manufacturing sector spurred by rising China import competition could either catalyze …-level and technology class-level patent production. Accompanying this fall in innovation, global employment, sales … or stifle innovation. Using three distinct sources of variation to identify rising trade exposure, we provide a causal …

.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how foreign competition affects domestic innovation. Rising import exposure … emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U … sectoral patenting trends, we find that U.S. patent production declines in sectors facing greater import competition. This …

.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how foreign competition affects domestic innovation. Rising import exposure … emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U … sectoral patenting trends, we find that U.S. patent production declines in sectors facing greater import competition. This …