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SUBMITTER: Acemoglu D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5068332 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acemoglu Daron D Akcigit Ufuk U Kerr William R WR
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20160928 41
Technological progress builds upon itself, with the expansion of invention in one domain propelling future work in linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million US patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975-1994. The interaction of this preexisting network structure with patent growth in upstream technology fields has strong predictive power on ...[more]