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The research university, invention and industry: evidence from German history

Jeremiah Edward Dittmar and Ralph R. Meisenzahl

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

Abstract: We examine the role of universities in knowledge production and industrial change using historical evidence. Political shocks led to a profound pro-science shift in German universities around 1800. To study the consequences, we construct novel microdata. We find that invention and manufacturing developed similarly in cities closer to and farther from universities in the 1700s and shifted towards universities and accelerated in the early 1800s. The shift in manufacturing was strongest in new and high knowledge industries. After 1800, the adoption of mechanized technology and the number and share of firms winning international awards for innovation were higher near universities.

Keywords: industrialization; invention; universities; cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 N13 O14 O18 O30 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 73 pages
Date: 2022-06-30
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-his, nep-ino, nep-knm, nep-sbm and nep-ure
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