We examine the individual, contextual, and institutional determinants of faculty patenting behavior in a panel dataset of 3862 academic life scientists. Using discrete time hazard rate models and fixed effects logistic models, we find that patenting events are preceded by a flurry of publications, even holding constant time-invariant scientific talent and the latent patentability of a scientist’s research. Whereas previous research emphasized that academic patenters are more accomplished on average than their non-patenting counterparts, our findings suggest that patenting behavior is also a function of scientific opportunities. This result has important implications for the public policy debate surrounding academic patenting.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Azoulay2007a
%A Azoulay, Pierre
%A Ding, Waverly
%A Toby, Stuart
%A Stuart, Toby
%C Santa Fe, NM
%D 2007
%J Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
%K Academic patenting,UniversityPerformance,WW science,University
%N 4
%P 599--623
%R 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.05.015
%T The determinants of faculty patenting behavior: Demographics or opportunities?
%U http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0167268107000169 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268107000169
%V 63
%X We examine the individual, contextual, and institutional determinants of faculty patenting behavior in a panel dataset of 3862 academic life scientists. Using discrete time hazard rate models and fixed effects logistic models, we find that patenting events are preceded by a flurry of publications, even holding constant time-invariant scientific talent and the latent patentability of a scientist’s research. Whereas previous research emphasized that academic patenters are more accomplished on average than their non-patenting counterparts, our findings suggest that patenting behavior is also a function of scientific opportunities. This result has important implications for the public policy debate surrounding academic patenting.
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