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Estimating the Innovation Function from Patent Numbers: GMM on Count Panel Data

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  • Crepon, Bruno
  • Duguet, Emmanuel

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The purpose of this paper is to estimate the patent equation, an empirical counterpart to the 'knowledge-production function'. Innovation output is measured through the number of European patent applications and the input by research capital, in a panel of French manufacturing firms. Estimating the innovation function raises specific issues related to count data. Using the framework of models with multiplicative errors, we explore and test for various specifications: correlated fixed effects, serial correlations, and weak exogeneity. We also prevent a first extension to lagged dependent variables.

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  • Crepon, Bruno & Duguet, Emmanuel, 1997. "Estimating the Innovation Function from Patent Numbers: GMM on Count Panel Data," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(3), pages 243-263, May-June.
    • Handle: RePEc:jae:japmet:v:12:y:1997:i:3:p:243-63
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