The Rising Returns to R&D: Ideas are not getting harder to find
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- Yoshiki Ando & James Bessen & Xiupeng Wang, 2025. "The Rising Returns to R&D: Ideas Are Not Getting Harder to Find," Working Papers 25-29, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
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R&D; innovation; productivity; obsolescence;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
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