Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149260 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6173
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Technological progress builds upon itself, with the expansion of invention in one domain propelling future work in linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975-1994. The interaction of this pre-existing network structure with patent growth in upstream technology fields has strong predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream innovation for a particular technology class to build on, then that technology class innovates more.
Subjects: 
innovation
networks
patents
growth
JEL: 
O31
D85
O32
O33
O34
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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