The Impact of Open Access Mandates on Invention

被引：10
作者：
Bryan, Kevin A. [1 ]
Ozcan, Yasin [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] MIT, Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
来源：
REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS | 2021年 / 103卷 / 05期
关键词：
PATENT CITATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION; SCIENCE;
D O I：
10.1162/rest_a_00926
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
How do barriers to the diffusion of academic research affect innovation? In 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandated free online availability of funded research. This policy caused a 50 percentage point increase in free access to funded articles. We introduce a novel measure, in-text patent citations, to study how this mandate affected industry use of academic science. After 2008, patents cite NIH-funded research 12% to 27% more often. Nonfunded research, funded research in journals unaffected by the mandate, and academic citations see no change. These estimates are consistent with a model of search for useful knowledge. Inefficiency caused by academic publishing may be substantial.
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页码：954 / 967
页数：14
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