Chellaraj, Gnanaraj; Maskus, Keith E.; Mattoo, Aaditya - 2008
patent applications and future patents awarded to university and non-university institutions. Our central estimates suggest … that a 10% increase in the number of foreign graduate students would raise patent applications by 4.5%, university patent … grants by 6.8% and non-university patent grants by 5.0%. Thus, reductions in foreign graduate students from visa restrictions …