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University patenting and scientific productivity. A quantitative study of Italian academic inventors

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Stefano Breschi (Cespri, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy.)
Francesco Lissoni (Cespri, Bocconi University, Milano; Università degli studi di Brescia, Italy.)
Fabio Montobbio (Cespri, Bocconi University, Milano; Università degli studi dell’Insubria, Varese,Italy.)

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Based on longitudinal data for a matched sample of 592 Italian academic inventors and controls, the paper explores the impact of patenting on university professors’ scientific productivity, as measured by publication and citation counts. Academic inventors (university professors who appear as designated inventors on at least one patent application) publish more and better quality papers than their colleagues with no patents, and increase their productivity after patenting. Endogeneity problems are addressed using instrumental variables and applying inverse probability of treatment weights. The beneficial effect of patenting on publication rates last longer for academic inventors with more than one patent.

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Paper provided by CESPRI, Centre for Research on Innovation and Internationalisation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy in its series CESPRI Working Papers with number 189.

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Date of creation: Nov 2006
Date of revision: Nov 2006
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Keywords: scientific productivity; university patents; technology transfer.;

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  1. Schneider, Cédric & Hussinger, Katrin & Czarnitzki, Dirk, 2008. "Commercializing Academic Research: The Quality of Faculty Patenting," ZEW Discussion Papers 08-069, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Gabrielsson, Jonas & Politis, Diamanto & Tell, Joakim, 2009. "University professors and research commercialization: An empirical test of the “knowledge corridor” thesis," CIRCLE Electronic Working Paper Series 2009-04, CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy), Lund University. [Downloadable!]
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