On the distribution of patent citations and its fundamentals

Peter Egger, Florian Seliger and Martin Woerter

Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 147, issue C, 72-77

Abstract: This paper analyzes features of the distribution of 3.7 mn. patent family applications from PatStat in 34 countries, 17 industries, and 11 years. Power-law regressions suggest that higher levels of R&D intensity and outward foreign direct investment in a country and sector are associated with a reduced concentration of patent citations.

Keywords: Patent citations; Power law; Pareto regression; Fixed-effects quantiles regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.08.011

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