British-French technology transfer from the Revolution to Louis Philippe (1791-1844): evidence from patent data
This paper examines the patterns of technology transfer from Britain to France during the early phases of industrialization; it does so by making use of a dataset comprising all patents granted in France during the period 1791-1844. Exploiting the peculiarities of the French legislation, we construct an array of patent quality indicators and econometrically investigate their determinants. We find that patents filed by British inventors or French inventors personally linked with British ones were of relatively higher quality. Overall, our results show that the French innovation system was effectively capable of attracting and absorbing key technologies from Britain.
Date: 17 January 2023, 17:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2023)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Large Lecture Room or https://zoom.us/j/99415477879?pwd=b29jVUZnYm5WMTkyakJ0TFNPNmlaUT09
Speaker: Alessandro Nuvolari (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna)
Organising department: Department of Economics
Part of: Economic and Social History Seminar
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Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Emma Heritage