The size distribution of profits from innovation

Arbeitspapier

The research reported in this paper seeks to determine how skewed the distribution of profits from technological innovation is

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 96-13

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
• Subject: i.e., whether it conforms most closely to the Paretian, log normal, or some other distribution. The question is important, because high skewness makes it difficult to pursue risk-hedging portfolio strategies. This paper examines data from several sources

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Scherer, Frederic Michael
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) ; ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 1996

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/29444
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET