Myra Mohnen

Government policy in support of innovation often varies across technology areas. An important example are climate change policies that typically try to support so-called clean technologies that avoid greenhouse gas pollution and hamper dirty technologies that are associated with polluting emissions. This paper explores the economic consequences of such policy moves in the short run. Read more

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of international patent families, including their domestic component. The authors exploit... Read more