Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282538 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10850
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We build a stylized model that captures the relationships between cross-border patenting, globalization, and development. Our theory delivers a gravity equation for cross-border patents. To test the model's predictions, we compile a new dataset that tracks patents within and between countries and industries, for 1980-2019. The econometric analysis reveals a strong, positive impact of policy and globalization on cross-border patent flows, especially from North to South. A counterfactual welfare analysis suggests that the increase in patent flows from North to South has benefited both regions, with South gaining more than North post-2000, thus lowering real income inequality in the world.
Subjects: 
cross-border patents
gravity
policy
globalization
development
JEL: 
F63
O14
O33
O34
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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