Using patent data from 66 countries for the period 1990–2003, we characterize the factors which promote or hinder the …

Using patent data from 66 countries for the period 1990–2003, we characterize the factors which promote or hinder the …

This paper uses the EPO/OECD World Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) to provide a quantitative description of the …

We analyze the use of patent protection as a new policy to direct technical change to clean technology. Contrary to … popular belief, it is dirty (and not clean) innovations that should be excluded from patent protection to reduce emissions. In … the shortrun, removing patent protection on dirty technology increases emissions. However, the reduced markup on dirty …

mitigation and adaptation technologies is much higher in Africa than in the rest of the world. And finally, rates of protection …

Using patent data from 66 countries for the period 1990-2003, we characterize the factors which promote or hinder the …

of the receiving country. We test the empirical implications of our model using patent data in renewable and fossil … Moment estimator. We show that knowledge transfer through patent duplication increases with the level of IPR protection, but … more sensitive to uncertainty. Commitment to EPs also increases the incentives for patent duplication. The magnitude of the …