incentive in driving innovation and prosperity. A review of patent box regimes around the world is provided, with summaries of …Innovation is widely recognized as the key to sustainable economic growth. Because people and projects are mobile in …. Research and development incentives are therefore very important, and patent box regimes are becoming more and more popular …

innovation. Nevertheless, the relationship between patents and economic growth remains uncertain. This relationship, which forms …

The objective of patent rights is to foster innovation and economic growth. However, to date, there is little robust … evidence that patents ldquo;workrdquo; as intended. Here, we study the impact of changes in effective patent rights within … panels of up to 54 manufacturing industries in up to 72 countries between 1981-2000. We find that more patent …