Are Chinese Patent Applications Politically Driven? - Evidence from China's Domestic Patent Applications

Wright Are Chinese Patent Applications Politically Driven? The Central Government Policy Change in 2000 An Illustrative Decomposition The policy and induced local responses Where do the Extra Applications Come from? Evidence from the data Implications. [...] Wright Are Chinese Patent Applications Politically Driven? The Central Government Policy Change in 2000 An Illustrative Decomposition The policy and induced local responses Where do the Extra Applications Come from? Evidence from the data Implications. [...] Comparison between domestic and foreign firm patent filings (1) Firms may file more of their patent applications during the last month of the year to clear up the stock of innovations before the end of the year and the holidays (for both SIPO and the applicants). [...] Wright Are Chinese Patent Applications Politically Driven? The Central Government Policy Change in 2000 Timing of the patenting surge An Illustrative Decomposition Where do they come from? Where do the Extra Applications Come from? Quality and validity effects Implications Triple-diffs estimates for the change in the number of domestic applications. [...] Wright Are Chinese Patent Applications Politically Driven? The Central Government Policy Change in 2000 The policy and induced local responses Evidence from the data An Illustrative Decomposition Seasonal effects on patenting Domestic vs foreign Domestic firms vs domestic individuals Where do the Extra Applications Come from? Timing of the patenting surge Where do they come from? Quality and valid.