patent application. The analysis is based on patent data from the Norwegian Industrial Property Office merged with data from … for confounding factors. The first patent application by a young firm is associated with significant growth in employment … three years ahead of the first patent application. However, we find no evidence of additional firm growth after patent …

This paper analyzes the setting of national patent policies in the global economy. In the standard model with free … induce individual countries to select patent strengths that are weaker than is optimal from a global perspective. The paper … considerations in setting patent policies. The first two features (trade barriers interacting with firm heterogeneity) tend to reduce …

Recent empirical studies suggest a need for a flexible patent regime responding to industry characteristics. In … practice, sector-specific modifications of patent strength already exist but lack theoretical foundation. This paper intends to … make up for this neglect by scrutinizing in what direction industry characteristics influence optimal patent strength. It …