Comments on: Institutions, Boundaries, and Useless Statistics http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/ The Sweet Release of Reason Tue, 22 May 2012 20:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel P Bell http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7700 Daniel P Bell Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:23:01 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7700 932454 932454

]]> By: Julie A Frazier http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7699 Julie A Frazier Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:01:08 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7699 god blesss your blog :) god blesss your blog :)

]]> By: sandra0493 http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7698 sandra0493 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:19:38 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7698 great article!, grats for u site :) great article!, grats for u site :)

]]> By: Catallarchy » Hear ye, Hear ye: Drug prices and R&D spending are positively related http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7697 Catallarchy » Hear ye, Hear ye: Drug prices and R&D spending are positively related Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:45:19 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7697 [...] Europe gets away with it because the world is spiky. [...] [...] Europe gets away with it because the world is spiky. [...]

]]> By: fulton westbrook http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7696 fulton westbrook Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:11:12 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7696 "The Japan/Korea patents are probably for alot of tiny little innovations on existing products." 99% of all patents are for tiny little innovations on existing products. “The Japan/Korea patents are probably for alot of tiny little innovations on existing products.”

99% of all patents are for tiny little innovations on existing products.

]]> By: fulton westbrook http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7707 fulton westbrook Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:11:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7707 "The Japan/Korea patents are probably for alot of tiny little innovations on existing products." 99% of all patents are for tiny little innovations on existing products. “The Japan/Korea patents are probably for alot of tiny little innovations on existing products.”

99% of all patents are for tiny little innovations on existing products.

]]> By: MPbjt@BMPJT.COM http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7695 MPbjt@BMPJT.COM Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:24:48 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7695 The Japan/Korea patents are probably for alot of tiny little innovations on existing products. The Japan/Korea patents are probably for alot of tiny little innovations on existing products.

]]> By: MPbjt@BMPJT.COM http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7706 MPbjt@BMPJT.COM Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:24:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7706 The Japan/Korea patents are probably for alot of tiny little innovations on existing products. The Japan/Korea patents are probably for alot of tiny little innovations on existing products.

]]> By: Robert Schwartz http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7694 Robert Schwartz Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:16:48 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7694 Ithink the big spike on the west coast of the US is the san francisco bay. not LA. So its Stanford/Berkley/Santa Cruz, not Cal Tech. Ithink the big spike on the west coast of the US is the san francisco bay. not LA. So its Stanford/Berkley/Santa Cruz, not Cal Tech.

]]> By: Robert Schwartz http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7705 Robert Schwartz Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:16:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7705 Ithink the big spike on the west coast of the US is the san francisco bay. not LA. So its Stanford/Berkley/Santa Cruz, not Cal Tech. Ithink the big spike on the west coast of the US is the san francisco bay. not LA. So its Stanford/Berkley/Santa Cruz, not Cal Tech.

]]> By: PLN http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7693 PLN Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:29:24 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7693 Lovely graphs, although if Javier's right some may be lovely but misleading. The patent graph, also, should be taken with a grain of salt; you file patents in the US only if you care about competing in the US, which biases the graph towards cities with multinationals, etc. The picture is a bit unclear on how it's aggregating USPTO vs. WIPO data, etc.; but no matter how it does it, it's clearly biased against local-knowledge and incremental innovation embodied purely in production processes rather than legal rights. And, of course, this only emphasizes how important it is to get our rules on IP right--have you checked out Levine and Boldrin's -Against Intellectual Monopoly- draft? Lovely graphs, although if Javier’s right some may be lovely but misleading. The patent graph, also, should be taken with a grain of salt; you file patents in the US only if you care about competing in the US, which biases the graph towards cities with multinationals, etc. The picture is a bit unclear on how it’s aggregating USPTO vs. WIPO data, etc.; but no matter how it does it, it’s clearly biased against local-knowledge and incremental innovation embodied purely in production processes rather than legal rights. And, of course, this only emphasizes how important it is to get our rules on IP right–have you checked out Levine and Boldrin’s -Against Intellectual Monopoly- draft?

]]> By: PLN http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7704 PLN Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:29:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7704 Lovely graphs, although if Javier's right some may be lovely but misleading. The patent graph, also, should be taken with a grain of salt; you file patents in the US only if you care about competing in the US, which biases the graph towards cities with multinationals, etc. The picture is a bit unclear on how it's aggregating USPTO vs. WIPO data, etc.; but no matter how it does it, it's clearly biased against local-knowledge and incremental innovation embodied purely in production processes rather than legal rights. And, of course, this only emphasizes how important it is to get our rules on IP right--have you checked out Levine and Boldrin's -Against Intellectual Monopoly- draft? Lovely graphs, although if Javier’s right some may be lovely but misleading. The patent graph, also, should be taken with a grain of salt; you file patents in the US only if you care about competing in the US, which biases the graph towards cities with multinationals, etc. The picture is a bit unclear on how it’s aggregating USPTO vs. WIPO data, etc.; but no matter how it does it, it’s clearly biased against local-knowledge and incremental innovation embodied purely in production processes rather than legal rights. And, of course, this only emphasizes how important it is to get our rules on IP right–have you checked out Levine and Boldrin’s -Against Intellectual Monopoly- draft?

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7692 Will Wilkinson Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:18:59 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7692 It may be worth pointing out that taking the EU, as a unit is interesting, the EU not being a state, but a confederation, and there being very few EU-wide institutions. Also, the U.S. population is less than 2/3 of the EU's. So we've still got a higher per capita citation rate. Take that! It may be worth pointing out that taking the EU, as a unit is interesting, the EU not being a state, but a confederation, and there being very few EU-wide institutions.

Also, the U.S. population is less than 2/3 of the EU’s. So we’ve still got a higher per capita citation rate. Take that!

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7703 Will Wilkinson Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:18:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7703 It may be worth pointing out that taking the EU, as a unit is interesting, the EU not being a state, but a confederation, and there being very few EU-wide institutions. Also, the U.S. population is less than 2/3 of the EU's. So we've still got a higher per capita citation rate. Take that! It may be worth pointing out that taking the EU, as a unit is interesting, the EU not being a state, but a confederation, and there being very few EU-wide institutions.

Also, the U.S. population is less than 2/3 of the EU’s. So we’ve still got a higher per capita citation rate. Take that!

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7691 Will Wilkinson Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:14:01 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/02/institutions-boundaries-and-useless-statistics/#comment-7691 Hmm. Then the picture is definitely misleading! We could break it down. Physics citiations, chemistry citations, biology, etc. Some ares will have more economic relevance than others. It is probably hard to pin producitivy gains on particular discoveries, but I wonder where the most efficieny-enhancing primary disoveries come from? Thanks! Hmm. Then the picture is definitely misleading!

We could break it down. Physics citiations, chemistry citations, biology, etc. Some ares will have more economic relevance than others. It is probably hard to pin producitivy gains on particular discoveries, but I wonder where the most efficieny-enhancing primary disoveries come from?

Thanks!

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