Knowledge flows within a government supported program

Keith Brouhle (), Brad Graham () and Donna Harrington ()
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Keith Brouhle: Grinnell College
Brad Graham: Grinnell College
Donna Harrington: University of Vermont

Economics Bulletin, 2015, vol. 35, issue 4, 2326-2332

Abstract: This research investigates the role of a government sponsored network in promoting knowledge flows and technology diffusion. As new technologies and wider diffusion of existing technologies will be necessary to meet the challenges of global climate change, we investigate the ability of an environmentally oriented government network, the Climate Wise Program, to influence knowledge flows. Utilizing patent citations as a measure of knowledge flows, we investigate the extent to which the Climate Wise program created networks that affected citation patterns between co-participants of the program. We find that the Climate Wise program facilitated knowledge flows, though the effect was focused on inventors who already shared either a geographic network or social relationship.

Keywords: knowledge flows; networks; patents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-11-20
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