Patent Activity and Technical Change in Us Industries

Klappentext This book investigates the impact of USA patent activity on technical change in 35 industries given in the KLEM (Jorgenson, 1996) data set for the period 1958-1996. Four patent variables are introduced, namely total patent applications, total patents granted, unsuccessful patent applications and foreign patents granted. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the impact of USA patent activity on technical change in 35 industries given in the KLEM (Jorgenson! 1996) data set for the period 1958-1996. Four patent variables are introduced! namely total patent applications! total patents granted! unsuccessful patent applications and foreign patents granted. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Literature review 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Problems of patent statistics 2.3 Trends and volatility in patents data 2.4 Patents and research and development 2.5 Patents rights and patent value 2.6 R&D spillovers and patents 2.7 Patents and technical change Chapter Three: Data description 3.1 Patent activity 3.2 The Jorgenson KLEM dataset Chapter Four: Method 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The aggregate production approach 4.3 The generalised Fechner-Thurstone production function Chapter Five: Estimation and empirical results 5.1 Diagnostic tests 5.2 Overall empirical results 5.3 Industry level empirical results Chapter Six: Conclusion

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• Authors: M. McAleer, M. Slottje Mcaleer, Michael Mcaleer, Daniel Slottje, Daniel J Slottje, Daniel J. Slottje, Pei Syn Wee
• Assisted by: Badi H Baltagi (Editor), Badi H. Baltagi (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2005
• EAN: 9780444518583
• ISBN: 978-0-444-51858-3
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Contributions to Economic Anal
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries