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The location of innovative activity in Europe

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Laura Abramovsky () (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
Rachel Griffith () (Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College London)
Gareth Macartney () (Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College London)
Helen Miller () (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

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In this paper we use new data to describe how firms from 15 European countries organise their innovative activities. The data matches firm level accounting data with information on the patents that those firms and their subsidiaries have applied for at the European Patents Office. We describe the data in detail.

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Paper provided by Institute for Fiscal Studies in its series IFS Working Papers with number W08/10.

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Date of creation: Nov 2008
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Keywords: International investment and multinational firms; technological change and research and development; fiscal policies and behaviour of economic agents;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
O3 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change
H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents

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  1. Markusen, James R., 1981. "Trade and the gains from trade with imperfect competition," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(4), pages 531-551, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Markusen, James R., 2002. "Multinational Firms and the Theory of International Trade," MPRA Paper 8380, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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