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Do Societal Promises Influence Patent Value? An Analysis of Inventions in Artificial Intelligence
This paper investigates the relationship between narratives on the societal impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and patent value, in …
Sergio Pelaez, Gaurav Verma, Barbara Ribeiro, Philip Shapira
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Technology Readiness Levels for Policy Making: Lessons from the Autonomous Vehicle Hype Cycle
Emerging technologies arrive accompanied by promotional hype that can distort policy responses, leading governments to pursue premature …
Diana Hicks, Navya Gupta, Naseeb Souweidane, Sergio Pelaez, Gordon Kingsley
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The Gradual Impact of Sanctioning Cartels on Market Competition
This paper examines the impact of cartel enforcement actions—particularly investigations resulting in fines—on market competition, with …
Sergio Pelaez, J. D. Gutierrez
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Large-scale text analysis using generative language models: A case study in discovering public value expressions in AI patents
We put forward a novel approach using a generative language model (GPT-4) to produce labels and rationales for large-scale text …
Sergio Pelaez, Gaurav Verma, Barbara Ribeiro, Philip Shapira
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Taxation and innovation: evidence from Colombia
We use firm-level data from a Colombian manufacturing survey, complemented with data from the tax department, to test the effect of …
Sergio Pelaez, Bryan Hurtado, Javier Avila-Maecha
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Analyzing research outcomes and spillovers at a US nanotechnology user facility
This paper maps research outcomes and identifies spillover effects at a US University Research Center (URC) that offers user facilities …
Sergio Pelaez, Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira
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Ciclo de recursos naturales y política fiscal bajo preferencias inconsistentes
En este estudio se identifica un problema económico y uno político a los que se enfrentan los países exportadores de recursos …
Sergio Pelaez
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