I survey some recent research on the role of patents in encouraging innovation and growth in developing economies, beginning with a brief history of international patent systems and facts about the current use of patents around the world. I discuss research on the implications of patents for...

We estimate the spatial spillover effects of a program to promote savings groups in Uganda and Malawi. We use geolocation data from a cluster-randomized experiment to compare the outcomes of households in areas where a high proportion of nearby villages were randomly assigned to treatment to...

In order to mitigate climate change in an accelerated time frame, more research is needed to understand how to achieve effective large-scale diffusion of low-carbon innovations. The conceptualization of sectoral socio-technical system transitions requires extending beyond an economic and...

How technology innovation and diffusion influence the development of different industries has attracted extensive attention. Based on a panel dataset of 280 cities in China from 2007 to 2016, we examine the effect of Internet diffusion on local industrial structure upgrading. The results show...

We study the effect of information on technology adoption and productivity in agriculture. Our empirical strategy exploits the expansion of the mobile phone network in previously uncovered areas of rural India coupled with the availability of call centers for agricultural advice. We measure...

This research investigated gender differences in the overlooked context of individual adoption and sustained usage of technology in the workplace using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). User reactions and technology usage behavior were studied over a five-month period among 355 workers being...

With the diffusion of new technologies, technical errors may pass down to subsequent inventions and create negative externalities. Using predicate lists in the 510(k) premarket notification program, we track the knowledge flows in medical devices that claim the equivalence between existing...

This study investigates the inflation dynamics across industries using a dataset of South Korean manufacturing industries over 56 years, starting from 1965 to 2021. This paper aims to answer the following questions: (1) How does producer price inflation diffuse through the economy? (2) In which...

This paper addresses the impact of payment systems on the rate of technology adoption. We present a model where technological shift is driven by demand uncertainty, increased patients’ benefit, financial variables, and the reimbursement system to providers. Two payment systems are studied:...