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Inventive Activity in Early Industrial America: Evidence From Patent Records, 1790–1846
Abstract
A sample of patent records from the United States between 1790 and 1846 is employed to study the patterns in inventive activity. Patenting was pro-cyclical, and yet began to grow rapidly with the interruptions in foreign trade that preceded the War of 1812. A strong association between patenting and proximity to navigable waterways is also demonstrated. Although the importance of specific mechanisms remains unclear, both the temporal and cross-sectional evidence imply that inventive activity was positively related to the growth of markets during early industrialization.
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Rosenberg, N. (1976) · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511561313 · Cited by 1,185
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- Authors
- Sokoloff, K. L.
- Venue
- The Journal of Economic History
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1988-12
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 813-850
- ISSN
- 0022-0507 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-6372
- OpenAlex
- W2891899303
- Cited by
- 282
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 9.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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