Patents as intangible assets are subjects of burgeoning empirical research. However, there
is limited knowledge of how patent quality and patent value can be conceptualized …

Evidence suggests that patents facilitate technology transactions but the reasons for the
effect are unclear. Patents may assist trade in technology by either:(i) protecting buyers …

This paper studies the effect of emigration on technological change in sending locations
after one of the largest migration events in human history, the mass migration from Europe to …

We exploit exogenous variation arising from the historical rollout of the Swedish railroad
network across municipalities to identify the impacts of improved transport infrastructure on …

Technology transfer has become a vital pipeline for acquiring external knowledge. The
purpose of this paper is to portray the spatial dynamics of intercity technology transfer …

Today, German machine toolmakers accuse their Chinese competitors of violating patent
rights and imitating German technology. A century ago, German machine toolmakers used …

Economic literature analyzes a number of problems that stand in the way of an efficient
allocation of resources to research and development (R&D) and innovation in a market …

The unification of the East and West German states in 1990 initiated the integration of two
distinct innovation systems. In this process, the poorly functioning socialist system of East …

This chapter surveys recent cliometric research on technological and cultural creativity in
Europe and the United States between 1750 and 1930. Empirical analyses of patents …

This article analyses the spread of innovation in mid‐nineteenth‐century Germany using
foreign patents as an indicator for technology transfer. It introduces a new dataset of over …