Faraway or Nearby? : Domestic and International Spillovers in Patenting and Product Innovation

The diffusion of knowledge plays a central role in endogenous growth theories. Simply put, in these models new knowledge can be generated from preexisting knowledge. In other words, existing knowledge is a pure public good, which can benefit any ec...

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Main Authors: Bravo-Ortega, Claudio, Cusolito, Ana P., Lederman, Daniel
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26799445/faraway-or-nearby-domestic-international-spillovers-patenting-product-innovation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25144