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Misallocation of scientific credit: the role of hierarchy and preferences. An extension of Lissoni et al. (2013)

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  • Francesco Lissoni
  • Fabio Montobbio
  • Lorenzo Zirulia

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We extend the results in Lissoni et al. (2013, J. Econ. Behav. Organ., 95, 49–69) on scientific credit misallocation, as measured by misalignment between authorship and inventorship recognition in patent-publication pairs. Extending the analysis to European data, we confirm that, other things being equal, the probability of exclusion of a scientific author from a publication-related patent declines with seniority and increases for women. In addition, we find that the senior scientists’ power to exclude other authors plays a more important role in explaining the patterns of exclusion than differences in authors’ attribution preferences. The unfavorable treatment of young and/or female scientists emerges in particular when patents are owned by companies or individuals, thus providing a warning flag on those institutional arrangements that favor company or individual ownership of academic patents.

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  • Francesco Lissoni & Fabio Montobbio & Lorenzo Zirulia, 2020. "Misallocation of scientific credit: the role of hierarchy and preferences. An extension of Lissoni et al. (2013)," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 29(6), pages 1471-1482.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:indcch:v:29:y:2020:i:6:p:1471-1482.
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    1. Khezr, Peyman & Mohan, Vijay, 2022. "The vexing but persistent problem of authorship misconduct in research," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(3).

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    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
    • L30 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - General

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