What can explain the Chinese patent explosion?

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Eberhardt, Markus, Helmers, Christian and Yu, Zhihong (2017) What can explain the Chinese patent explosion? Oxford Economic Papers, 69 (1). pp. 239-262. ISSN 0030-7653

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We analyse the ‘explosion’ of patent filings by Chinese residents both domestically and in the United States during the early 2000s, employing a unique dataset of 374,000 firms matching patent applications to manufacturing census data. Our analysis reveals that patenting is highly concentrated among a small number of firms, operating in the information and communication technology sector. Although increases in patent filings by these companies are partly driven by increased R&D intensity, our analysis suggests that the explosion of patent filings at the Chinese patent office is driven by factors other than underlying innovative behavior, including government subsidies that encourage patent filings directly.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/830658
Additional Information: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Oxford Economic Papers following peer review. The version of record Markus Eberhardt, Christian Helmers, Zhihong Yu; What can explain the Chinese patent explosion?. Oxf Econ Pap 2017; 69 (1): 239-262. doi: 10.1093/oep/gpw042 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/oep/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/oep/gpw042
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
Identification Number: 10.1093/oep/gpw042
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 23 Jun 2016 13:13
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 18:22
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/34359

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