patent data, this paper proposes a comprehensive analysis to evaluate the global inventive activity. Several indicators are … economies have substantially advanced their inventive activity, but continuous and common effort is needed to combat climate …

-shaped effect on inventive activity. We estimate this hump-shaped relationship in a panel of 33 OECD countries over the period 1960 …-2012. The increasing part of the hump captures the awareness that population aging requires inventive activity to guarantee … population aging may facilitate the adoption of strategies and policies encouraging inventive activity and economic growth. …

of the forward citation the patent receives, is correlated with his previous inventive activity. Results indicate that …

The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of institutions on national rates of inventive activity … inventive activity" was observed. This effect demonstrates that when countries reach a certain level of institutional … development and attain a general institutional climate conducive to inventive activity, the number of patent applications begins …

-shaped effect on inventive activity. We estimate this hump-shaped relationship in a panel of 33 OECD countries over the period 1960 …-2012. The increasing part of the hump captures the awareness that population aging requires inventive activity to guarantee … population aging may facilitate the adoption of strategies and policies encouraging inventive activity and economic growth. …

The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of institutions on national rates of inventive activity … inventive activity" was observed. This effect demonstrates that when countries reach a certain level of institutional … development and attain a general institutional climate conducive to inventive activity, the number of patent applications begins …

of the forward citation the patent receives, is correlated with his previous inventive activity. Results indicate that …

contributing firms. These effects are also stronger (more negative) on the inventive activity of small firms. In contrast, we find … are positively associated with inventive activity. …