We investigate the effect of patent disclosures on corporate innovation. Using the American Inventor's Protection Act … (AIPA) as a shock that increased patent disclosures, we find an increase in innovation for firms whose rivals reveal more … facilitate a firm's innovation. However, we also highlight that mandatory patent disclosures can impose proprietary costs on …

more innovation disclosure in conference calls relative to their industry peers, controlling for the overall level and … environmental scrutiny with increased innovation disclosure, consistent with companies disclosing more to improve their … sustainability reputation. Moreover, green patenting firms providing innovation disclosure enjoy increases in environment- and …

between the enforcement of a secrecy order and follow-on inventions, as captured with patent citations and text-based measures … inventions in the same technological field as the secreted patent …

weight in the design of the patent system because patented inventions would have been disclosed anyway. Even the few legal … improving this technical content (and researchers' ability to find and use it) likely outweighs any resulting loss in innovation …

This paper reviews the literature on the real effects of financial reporting and disclosure on corporate innovation … effects. We discuss the concept of innovation, emphasising the specific characteristics that make investments in innovation … difficult to report. We then provide a review of the nascent work relating disclosure to innovation, which we organise around …