Does the mobility of R&D labor increase innovation?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-105

  Kaiser, Ulrich ^a,b,c,d   Kongsted, Hans Christian ^b   Rønde, Thomas ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Copenhagen Business School Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics ^*  (Denmark)

^c CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Labor mobility; Patenting; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920885157     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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