Manuel Trajtenberg

Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics

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1.

General Purpose Technologies "Engines of Growth?"

NBER Working Paper No. w4148
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 May 2004
Timothy Bresnahan and Manuel Trajtenberg
Stanford University - Department of Economics and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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The Future of the Research University: Meeting the Global Challenges of the 21st Century

Number of pages: 148 Posted: 05 May 2009
Carl J Schramm, Michael Crow, Alan G. Merten, Thomas Andersson, Axel Freimuth, Manuel Heitor, Wolfgang Herrmann, Jan Willem Oosterwijk, Manuel Trajtenberg, William Wulf, Frank L. Douglas, Robert E. Litan and Lesa Mitchell
Syracuse University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Jonkoping University, University of Cologne, Government of Portugal, Technical University of Munich, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, University of Virginia, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C. and Techstars
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university, entrepreneurial, united states, europe, economy, development, global

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The NBER Patent Citation Data File: Lessons, Insights and Methodological Tools

NBER Working Paper No. w8498
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 29 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014
Bronwyn H. Hall, Adam B. Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
University of California at Berkeley, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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National Bureau of Economic Research Patent Database: Data Overview

2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 18 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2007
Iain M. Cockburn, Bronwyn H. Hall and Manuel Trajtenberg
Boston University Questrom School of Business, University of California at Berkeley and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Market Value and Patent Citations: A First Look

NBER Working Paper No. w7741
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 24 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2015
Bronwyn H. Hall, Adam B. Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
University of California at Berkeley, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Together but Apart: ICT and Productivity Growth in Israel

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Together but Apart: ICT and Productivity Growth in Israel

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2008
Saul Lach, Gil Shiff and Manuel Trajtenberg
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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ICT, productivity growth, GPT

Together but Apart: ICT and Productivity Growth in Israel

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6732
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Jun 2008
Saul Lach, Gil Shiff and Manuel Trajtenberg
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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GPT, ICT, productivity growth

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Software Patents, Inventors and Mobility

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 04 Feb 2010
Manuel Trajtenberg and Roy Shalem
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Software Patents, Inventors, Mobility

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Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations

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Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations

NBER Working Paper No. w3993
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 Jan 2001 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2015
Adam B. Jaffe, Rebecca M. Henderson and Manuel Trajtenberg
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Adam B. Jaffe, Manuel Trajtenberg and Rebecca Henderson
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Knowledge spillovers, Patents, Geography, Localization, Patent ownership, Knowledge transfer

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The Meaning of Patent Citations: Report on the Nber/Case-Western Reserve Survey of Patentees

NBER Working Paper No. w7631
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 May 2000 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2015
Adam B. Jaffe, Manuel Trajtenberg and Michael S. Fogarty
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Empirical Implications of Physician Authority in Pharmaceutical Decisionmaking

NBER Working Paper No. w6851
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 31 Jan 1999 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2010
Scott Stern and Manuel Trajtenberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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R&D Policy in Israel: An Overview and Reassessment

NBER Working Paper No. w7930
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 30 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2013
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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International Knowledge Flows: Evidence from Patent Citations

NBER Working Paper No. w6507
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 Aug 1999 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2000
Adam B. Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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The Market for R&D Failures

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 04 Feb 2010
Manuel Trajtenberg and Roy Shalem
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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R&D, Patent Races, Cooperation, Licensing, Contract Theory

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Uncovering Gpts with Patent Data

NBER Working Paper No. w10901
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2015
Bronwyn H. Hall and Manuel Trajtenberg
University of California at Berkeley and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Flows of Knowledge from Universities and Federal Labs: Modeling the Flowof Patent Citations Over Time and Across Institutional and Geographic Boundari

NBER Working Paper No. w5712
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2012
Adam B. Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Universities as a Source of Commercial Technology: A Detailed Analysis of University Patenting 1965-1988

NBER Working Paper No. w5068
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 18 May 2001
Rebecca M. Henderson, Adam B. Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980's

NBER Working Paper No. w5726
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2010
Timothy Bresnahan, Scott Stern and Manuel Trajtenberg
Stanford University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Patient Welfare and Patient Compliance: an Empirical Framework for Measuring the Benefits from Pharmaceutical Innovation

NBER Working Paper No. w6890
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Apr 1999 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2013
Paul B. Ellickson, Scott Stern and Manuel Trajtenberg
University of Rochester - Simon Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Ivory Tower Versus Corporate Lab: An Empirical Study of Basic Research and Appropriability

NBER Working Paper No. w4146
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Jun 2004
Manuel Trajtenberg, Rebecca M. Henderson and Adam B. Jaffe
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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The "Names Game": Harnessing Inventors' Patent Data for Economic Research

NBER Working Paper No. w12479
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 14 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2010
Manuel Trajtenberg, Gil Shiff and Ran Melamed
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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A General Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the Late 19th Century Us

NBER Working Paper No. w8485
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 28 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2015
Nathan Rosenberg and Manuel Trajtenberg
Independent and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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A Time to Sow and a Time to Reap: Growth Based on General Purpose Technologies

NBER Working Paper No. w4854
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2001
Elhanan Helpman and Manuel Trajtenberg
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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The NBER Patent Citations Data File: Lessons, Insights and Methodological Tools

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3094
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 08 Jan 2002
Bronwyn H. Hall, Adam B. Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
University of California at Berkeley, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Patents, citations, data construction, truncation

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Diffusion of General Purpose Technologies

NBER Working Paper No. w5773
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Mar 1997 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2012
Elhanan Helpman and Manuel Trajtenberg
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Defense R&D Policy in the Anti-Terrorist Era

NBER Working Paper No. w9725
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 May 2003 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2014
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Quality-Adjusted Prices for the American Automobile Industry: 1906-1940

NBER Working Paper No. w5035
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Jul 2000
Daniel M. G. Raff and Manuel Trajtenberg
University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Innovation in Israel 1968-97: a Comparative Analysis Using Patent Data

NBER Working Paper No. w7022
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Mar 1999 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2013
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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The Welfare Analysis of Product Innovations with an Application to Ct Scanners

NBER Working Paper No. w1724
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 17 Aug 2004 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2012
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Patents, Citations and Innovations: Tracing the Links

NBER Working Paper No. w2457
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2015
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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The Diffusion of Innovations: A Methodological Reappraisal

NBER Working Paper No. w1008
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Jul 2004
Manuel Trajtenberg and Shlomo Yitzhaki
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics
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Ai as the Next Gpt: A Political-Economy Perspective

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Ai as the Next Gpt: A Political-Economy Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w24245
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 29 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2018
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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AI as the Next GPT: A Political-Economy Perspective

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12721
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Feb 2018
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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AI, GPT, skills

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A General Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the Late 19th Century

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3008
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Nov 2001
Nathan Rosenberg and Manuel Trajtenberg
Independent and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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General Purpose technologies, steam engine, waterpower, urbanization, growth

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Product Innovations, Price Indices and the (Mis)Measurement of Economic Performance

NBER Working Paper No. w3261
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2014
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Defense R&D in the Anti-Terrorist Era

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 4509
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Sep 2004
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Terrorism, defense R&D, public goods, intelligence, dual-use

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'Names Game': Harnessing Inventors Patent Data for Economic Research

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5833
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 14 Nov 2006
Ran Melamed, Gil Shiff and Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Patents, inventors, mobility, computer software

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Universities as a Source of Commercial Technology: A Detailed Analysis of University Patenting, 1965-1988

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Adam B. Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics

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Commercialization, University-industry-government relations, Knowledge transfer, Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, Patent productivity, Colleges & universities, Patents, Technology transfer, Federal legislation

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Public Financial Support for Commercial Innovation

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2015
Itzhak Goldberg, Manuel Trajtenberg, Adam B. Jaffe, Julie Sunderland, Thomas Muller and Enrique Blanco Armas
CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and World Bank

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innovation, technology, transition, knowledge economy, public support

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Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980s

RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, Vol. 27, No. 0, Special Issue
Posted: 19 Feb 1997
Timothy Bresnahan, Scott Stern and Manuel Trajtenberg
Stanford University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics

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