The Cliometric Study of Innovations

Jochen Streb ()
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Jochen Streb: Universität Mannheim

A chapter in Handbook of Cliometrics, 2016, pp 447-468 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Per definition, cliometric studies of innovations use statistical methods to analyze large quantities of data. That is why historical patent statistics have become the standard measure for innovation. I first discuss the advantages and shortcomings of patent data and then show that the distribution of patents across countries, regions, or inventors is characterized by two salient features: its skewness and its persistence over time. To explain these features, the influence of various supply-side, demand-side, and institutional factors will be discussed. I will stress the importance of path dependency. This chapter ends with a closer look at technological transfer that came along with patent assignments and foreign patenting.

Keywords: Patent; Patent statistics; Human capital; Skewed distribution; Technological transfer; Path dependency; Innovation; Region; Patent law; Access to market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40406-1_18

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