Call for Papers Sixth MaCCI/ZEW Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting

The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) are pleased to announce their sixth conference on the economics of innovation and patenting on July 2 and 3, 2015, in Mannheim. The aim of the conference is to stimulate discussion between international researchers conducting related empirical and theoretical analysis. The conference will focus on policy implications of recent research. The conference will also include two special sessions on the ongoing FP7 projects CRE8TV and WWWForEurope. Theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented contributions from all areas of the economics of innovation and patenting are welcome. Interested researchers are invited to submit a paper or an extended abstract in PDF format (min. 3 pages) to innopat2015@zew.de no later than March 15, 2015.