Why do some innovators freely reveal their intellectual property? This empirical puzzle has been a focal point of debate in the R&D literature. We show that innovators may share proprietary technology with rivals for free - even if it does not directly benefit them - to slow down competition. By...

Measuring the effect of technological activities on productivity growth is an issue that attracted much attention in recent works on empirical econometric studies. Specifically, in the field of regional economics, several attempts have been made in order to quantify the contribution of R&D to...