TY - BOOK AU - Benoliel Daniel TI - Patent Intensity and Economic Growth T2 - Cambridge intellectual property and information law SN - 9781107098909 (Hardback) U1 - 347.771 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Patents (International law) - History KW - Patent laws and legislation KW - Technological innovations - Law and legislation KW - Patents - Economic aspects KW - Technological innovations - Economic aspects KW - Economic development KW - Setting the framework: patenting and economic growth policy KW - Convergence clubs, coalitions, and innovation gaps KW - Institutions, GERD intensity, and patent clusters KW - GERD by type, patenting, and innovation KW - Patent intensity by employment and human resources KW - Spatial agglomeration of innovation and patents N2 - Economic growth has traditionally been attributed to the increase in national production arising from technological innovation. Nevertheless, the relationship between patents and economic growth remains uncertain. This relationship, which forms the focus of this book, is examined by means of a panel of seventy-nine countries bridging the North-South divide for the period 1996-2013 ER -