Policy Makers and the R&D patent relationship. Bruegel policy contribution, May 2008 (2008)
Van Pottelsberghe, Bruno, De Rassenfosse, Gaetan.
Patent-based indicators at the country level are frequently used to assess countries’ innovation performance or effort. Yet they are often said to reflect the propensity to patent rather than...
Policy-makers and the R&D-patent relationship. Bruegel Policy Contribution/May 2008 (2008)
Van Pottlesberghe, Bruno, De Rassenfosse, Gaetan.
This policy contribution summarises a communication entitled “A policy insight into the R&D-patent relationship” presented at Industry Canada in their Distinguished Speakers in Economics Series,...
A policy insight into the R&D-patent relationship
Contrary to an accepted wisdom, this paper shows that cross-country variations in the number of patents per researcher do not only reflect differences in the propensity to patent but also signals...