Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/111863 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers on Innovation and Space No. 03.09
Publisher: 
Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Geography, Marburg
Abstract: 
The paper studies the patent productivity of scientists over their life cycle. The incentives for patenting and for publishing are compared and how they shape life cycle productivity. In most empirical studies, publication productivity decreases at the end of the scientific career. In contrast, the analytical model given here suggests an increase of patent productivity over the life time. In the empirical part the patents of nearly 1000 German patent active professors are analyzed. The empirical findings support the theoretical prediction that patent productivity does not decline for older scientists.
Subjects: 
university patenting
patent productivity
scientific productivity
age and productivity
Germany
JEL: 
O33
O34
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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