We use a panel of historical patent data covering a large range of countries over the past century to study the … evolution of innovation across time and space and its effect on productivity. We document a substantial rise of international … knowledge spillovers as measured by patent citations since the 1990s. This rise is mostly accounted for by an increase in …

This paper analyzes externalities of patent box regimes in Europe. Tax reductions in foreign affiliates of a firm that … specific characteristics of patent box regimes, we show that patent box regimes without nexus requirements for tax …-efficient reallocation of patent profits induce positive spillovers within multinational groups. The implementation of a patent box in a …

We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel …

in imports from China on innovation in the US manufacturing sector. We combine patent, firm and trade data during 1990 … positive effect on firm innovation, as measured by citation-weighted patent applications. This positive effect persists when we …-wage countries, especially China. Does this competition hurt or help innovation by firms? This paper studies the effect of the surge …

The paper deals with the problem of business spending on research and development and their relation to innovation … activities. It is focused on R&D in the business sector as a crucial part of the innovation system. R&D expenditure can be seen … as the main precondition of successful innovation. However, the successful transformation of R&D investment into …

set of opportunities for innovation in agricultural biotechnologies. Moreover, the institutional, regulatory and …

process of innovation production, we uncover substantial heterogeneity in the impact of business taxation for various R …

We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel …