000048582 000__ 02000nam\a2200397\i\4500 000048582 001__ 48582 000048582 003__ SzGeWIPO 000048582 005__ 20240708150410.0 000048582 006__ m eo d 000048582 007__ cr bn |||m|||a 000048582 008__ 231029s2023\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\000\0\eng\d 000048582 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1411269795 000048582 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000048582 041__ $$aeng 000048582 24500 $$aAre ideas getting cheaper? The European evidence. 000048582 264_1 $$a[Oxford, UK] :$$b[Oxford University Press],$$c2023 000048582 300__ $$a1 online resource (pp. 901-929) 000048582 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000048582 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000048582 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000048582 4901_ $$aIndustrial and Corporate Change ;$$vVolume 32, Issue 4 000048582 5203_ $$aRecent economics of knowledge studies have highlighted the strong positive effects that the limited exhaustibility of knowledge and its cumulability exert on the recombinant generation of new technological knowledge. While existing empirical investigations primarily focus on the knowledge generation and technology production functions, the analysis of the cost of knowledge has received less attention. This paper aims to fill this gap by investigating the dynamics and determinants of patent costs in the European Union in the period 1992–2012. The analysis of patent unit costs in European countries, measured as the amount of research and development (R&D) expenditure per patent application to the European Patent Office (EPO), shows a steady decline and clear convergence toward lower levels, both in time and across countries. We find that a larger stock of patents and a higher technological variety and coherence of its composition are associated with a sharper reduction in patent costs. Our findings suggest that, in Europe, ideas have been getting cheaper. 000048582 542__ $$fhttps://academic.oup.com/pages/using-the-content/citation 000048582 590__ $$aPublished online: 2023 000048582 650_0 $$aPatents. 000048582 650_0 $$aPatents$$zEuropean Union. 000048582 650_0 $$aPatent fees. 000048582 650_0 $$aResearch. 000048582 650_0 $$aCopyright. 000048582 7001_ $$aAntonelli, Cristiano,$$eauthor. 000048582 7001_ $$aFusillo, Fabrizio,$$eauthor. 000048582 7731_ $$tIndustrial and Corporate Change,$$wINCC 000048582 830_0 $$aIndustrial and Corporate Change ;$$vVolume 32, Issue 4. 000048582 85641 $$uhttps://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtac064 000048582 904__ $$aJournal article 000048582 980__ $$aINCC