Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128625 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 16-014
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
Most previous results on determinants of inventive performance are biased because inventive performance is measured with error. This measurement error causes attenuation bias. More specifically, for example age and education as drivers of patenting success have biased coefficients and too high standard errors when inventive performance is measured in short observation periods. The reason for measurement errors in inventive performance is that patents are typically applied for in waves.
Subjects: 
Measurement error
inventive performance
observation period
JEL: 
C33
C52
O31
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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