30 OECD countries. It finds that patenting is highly concentrated: from 2010 to 2014, 10% of cities accounted for 64% of …) representing 21.8% of applications. The share of the top cities in total patenting increased modestly from 1995 to 2014. Digital … patenting activities in cities and that it benefits top cities, in particular, thereby strengthening the concentration of …

patenting in complex and discrete technologies. The model captures how competition for patent portfolios and complementarity of … patents affect patenting incentives. We show that lower technological opportunities increase patenting incentives in complex … technologies while they decrease incentives in discrete technologies. Also, more competitors increase patenting incentives in …

In this paper, we offer a novel explanation to the surge in patenting bserved during the last years. With low …

patenting. Using a rich database for Norwegian firms, we find that projects receiving tax credits result in the development of … contribute to innovations in the form of new products for the market or patenting. …

patenting. Using a rich database for Norwegian firms, we find that projects receiving tax credits result in the development of … contribute to innovations in the form of new products for the market or patenting. …

We examine the impact of both R&D tax credits and direct R&D subsidies on Norwegian firms' patenting. Whereas direct … technologies. We find that both direct subsidies and tax credits have significant positive effects on patenting. However, the …