date, have largely concluded that patent pools have been associated with reduced rates of technical innovation in the …. As theory seems to predict, the empirical effects of patent pools on innovation are likely to be ambiguous, dependent on …The impact of patent pools on the rate and direction of technological change is an open question in both theoretical …

date, have largely concluded that patent pools have been associated with reduced rates of technical innovation in the …The impact of patent pools on the rate and direction of technological change is an open question in both theoretical … and empirical studies. Economic theory makes no unequivocal prediction. By contrast, empirical studies of patent pools, to …

This study explores the impact of modern patent pools — inter-organizational collaborative arrangements for promoting … modern pools can boost follow-on innovation by lowering the search, negotiation, and licensing costs associated with pooled … empirical strategies, I show that the formation of seven major modern patent pools has, on average, increased the rate of follow …