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  1. Do Patents Enable Disclosure? Evidence from the Invention Secrecy Act
    G. de Rassenfosse, G. Pellegrino and E. Raiteri
    International Journal of Industrial Organization (forthcoming).
    [Full text]
  2. Innovation Origins
    Discrimination in the patent system: Evidence from standard-essential patents
    G. de Rassenfosse, E. Raiteri and R. Bekkers
    Journal of Law & Economics (forthcoming).
    [Full text]
  3. International mobility of inventors and innovation: Empirical evidence from the collapse of the Soviet Union
    G. de Rassenfosse and G. Pellegrino
    Economics Letters (2024), 234: 111450
    [Full text]
  4. Fast Company
    Times Higher Ed
    EPFL News
    The effect of war on Ukrainian research
    G. de Rassenfosse, T. Murovana and W. Uhlbach
    Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (2023), 10: 856
    [Full text]
  5. AI-generated inventions: Implications for the patent system
    G. de Rassenfosse, A. Jaffe and M. Wasserman
    Southern California Law Review (2023), 96: 101-126.
    [Full text]
  6. Do patent pledges accelerate innovation?
    G. de Rassenfosse and A. Palangkaraya
    Research Policy (2023), 52: 104745.
    [Full text]
  7. Is the patent system a level playing field? The effect of patent attorney firms
    G. de Rassenfosse, P. Jensen, T. Julius, A. Palangkaraya and E. Webster
    Journal of Industrial Economics (2023), 71(1): 124-142.
    [Full text]
  8. Productivity gains from migration: Evidence from inventors
    G. Pellegrino, O. Penner, E. Piguet and G. de Rassenfosse
    Research Policy (2023), 52(1): 104631
    [Full text]
  9. EPFL News
    Scientific rewards for biomedical specialization are large and persistent
    G. de Rassenfosse,K. Higham and O. Penner
    BMC Biology (2022), 20: 211.
    [Full text]
  10. International Patent Protection and Trade: Transaction-Level Evidence
    G. de Rassenfosse, M. Grazzi, D. Moschella and G. Pellegrino
    European Economic Review (2022), 147: 104160.
    [Full text]
  11. ITIF Innovation Fact
    IAM
    EPFL news
    Technology Protectionism and the Patent System: Evidence from China
    G. de Rassenfosse and E. Raiteri
    Journal of Industrial Economics (2022), 70(1): 1-43.
    [Full text] [Video summary]
  12. Buyers' role in innovation procurement: Evidence from U.S. military R&D contracts
    F. Decarolis, G. de Rassenfosse, L. Giuffrida, E. Iossa, V. Mollisi, E. Raiteri and G. Spagnolo
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (2021), 30(4): 697-720.
    [Full text]
  13. 4iP Council
    Low-quality patents in the eye of the beholder: Evidence from multiple examiners
    G. de Rassenfosse, W. Griffiths, A. Jaffe and E. Webster
    Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization (2021), 37(3): 607-636.
    [Full text]
  14. Patent quality: Towards a Systematic Framework for Analysis and Measurement
    K. Higham, G. de Rassenfosse and A. Jaffe
    Research Policy (2021), 50: 104215.
    [Full text]
  15. Machine Lawyering
    Decentralising the patent system
    G. de Rassenfosse and K. Higham
    Government Information Quarterly (2021), 38(2): 101559.
    [Full text]
  16. Imputation of missing information in worldwide patent data
    G. de Rassenfosse and F. Seliger
    Data in Brief (2021), 34: 106615.
    [Full text]
  17. Matinale RTS
    Swiss Science Council
    Vox
    COVID-19: Insights from Innovation Economists
    G. Abi Younes, C. Ayoubi, O. Ballester et al.
    Science and Public Policy (2020), 47(5): 733-745.
    [Full text]
  18. Discrimination against foreigners in the U.S. patent system
    G. de Rassenfosse and R. Hosseini
    Journal of International Business Policy (2020), 3(4): 349-366.
    [GitHub] [Full text]
  19. Wanted: A standard for virtual patent marking
    G. de Rassenfosse and K. Higham
    Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (2020), 15(7): 544-553.
    [Full text]
  20. Revue Horizons
    KOF Bulletin
    WTO book on Trade in Knowledge
    Sources of knowledge flow between developed and developing nations
    G. de Rassenfosse and F. Seliger
    Science and Public Policy (2020), 47(1): 16-30.
    [Full text]
  21. On the price elasticity of demand for trademarks
    G. de Rassenfosse
    Industry & Innovation (2020), 27(1-2): 11-24.
    [Full text]
  22. International Geneva Award
    Are Foreigners Treated Equally under the TRIPs Agreement?
    G. de Rassenfosse, P. Jensen, T. Julius, A. Palangkaraya and E. Webster
    Journal of Law & Economics (2019), 62(4): 663-685
    [Full text]
  23. EPFL News
    R&D offshoring and home industry productivity
    G. de Rassenfosse and R. Thomson
    Industrial and Corporate Change (2019), 28(6): 1497-1513.
    [Full text]
  24. Springer Nature
    KOF Bulletin
    Geocoding of worldwide patent data
    G. de Rassenfosse, J. Kozak and F. Seliger
    Scientific Data (2019), 6: 260
    [Project website] [Open data] [Full text]
  25. The procurement of innovation by the US government
    G. de Rassenfosse, E. Raiteri and A. Jaffe
    PLoS ONE (2019), 14(8): e0218927
    [Open data] [Full text]
  26. Econometric evidence on the depreciation of innovations
    G. de Rassenfosse and A. Jaffe
    European Economic Review (2018), 101: 625-642
    [More info] [Full text with replication data]
  27. "Written Description" Patent & IP blog
    Are patent fees effective at weeding out low-quality patents?
    G. de Rassenfosse and A. Jaffe
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (2018), 27(1): 134-148
    [More info] [Full text] [Replication data]
  28. Commercialization Strategy and IPO Underpricing
    S. Morricone, F. Munari, R. Oriani and G. de Rassenfosse
    Research Policy (2017), 46(6): 1133-1141
    [More info] [Full text]
  29. Reprinted in EIPL Research Handbook
    Patent Citation Data in Social Science Research: Overview and Best Practices
    A. Jaffe and G. de Rassenfosse
    Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (2017), 68(6): 1360-1374
    [More info] [Full text]
  30. An assessment of how well we account for intangibles
    G. de Rassenfosse
    Industrial and Corporate Change (2017), 26(3): 517-534
    [More info] [Full text]
  31. Getting Started with PATSTAT Register
    G. de Rassenfosse, M. Kracker and G. Tarasconi
    Australian Economic Review (2017), 50(1): 110-120
    [More info] [Full text]
  32. Venture debt financing: Determinants of the lending decision
    G. de Rassenfosse and T. Fischer
    Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (2016), 10(3): 235-256
    [More info] [Full text]
  33. Why do patents facilitate trade in technology? Testing the disclosure and appropriation effects
    G. de Rassenfosse, A. Palangkaraya and E. Webster
    Research Policy (2016), 45(7): 1326-1336
    [More info] [Full text]
  34. Pitfalls in aggregating performance measures in higher education
    R. Williams and G. de Rassenfosse
    Studies in Higher Education (2016), 41(1):51-62
    [More info] [Full text]
  35. Rules of engagement: measuring connectivity in national systems of higher education
    G. de Rassenfosse and R. Williams
    Higher Education (2015), 70(6):941-956
    [More info] [Full text]
  36. Available in PATSTAT DVDs
    An introduction to the Patstat database with example queries
    G. de Rassenfosse, H. Dernis and G. Boedt
    Australian Economic Review (2014), 47(3):395-408
    [More info] [Full text] [Data and algorithms]
  37. On the origins of the worldwide surge in patenting: An industry perspective on the R&D-patent relationship
    J. Danguy, G. de Rassenfosse and B. van Pottelsberghe
    Industrial and Corporate Change (2014), 23(2):535-572
    [More info] [Full text]
  38. Selection bias in innovation studies: A simple test
    G. de Rassenfosse, A. Schoen and A. Wastyn
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change (2014), 81(1):287-299
    [More info] [Full text]
  39. BBC
    swissinfo.ch
    Times Higher Education
    Encyclopedia of HES and Institutions
    The determinants of quality national higher education systems
    R. Williams, G. de Rassenfosse, P. Jensen and S. Marginson
    Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management (2013), 35(6):599-611
    [More info] [Full text]
  40. Ideas for leaders
    Do firms face a trade-off between the quantity and the quality of their inventions?
    G. de Rassenfosse
    Research Policy (2013), 42(5):1072-1079
    [More info] [Full text]
  41. Fortnightly Review of IP & Media Law
    The role of fees in patent systems: Theory and evidence
    G. de Rassenfosse and B. van Pottelsberghe
    Journal of Economic Surveys (2013), 27(4):696-716
    [More info] [Full text]
  42. Reading list PhD course at Bocconi
    The worldwide count of priority patents: A new indicator of inventive activity
    G. de Rassenfosse, H. Dernis, D. Guellec, L. Picci and B. van Pottelsberghe
    Research Policy (2013), 42(3):720-737
    [More info] [Full text] [MySQL algorithm] [Visualize data]
  43. L'Echo
    IPEG Blog
    La Libre Belgique
    Fortnightly Review of IP & Media Law
    How SMEs exploit their intellectual property assets: Evidence from survey data
    G. de Rassenfosse
    Small Business Economics (2012), 39(2):437-452
    [More info] [Full text]
  44. Patently-O
    On the price elasticity of demand for patents
    G. de Rassenfosse and B. van Pottelsberghe
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2012), 74(1):58-77
    [More info] [Full text]
  45. VoxEU.org
    Intereconomics
    A policy insight into the R&D-patent relationship
    G. de Rassenfosse and B. van Pottelsberghe
    Research Policy (2009), 38(5):779-792.
    [More info] [Full text]
  46. Per un pugno di dollari: A first look at the price elasticity of patents
    G. de Rassenfosse and B. van Pottelsberghe
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy (2007), 23(4):588-604
    [More info] [Full text]