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Can We Detect the Effects of Racial Violence on Patenting? Reanalyzing an Article by Lisa Cook

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In 2014, Lisa Cook published an article in Journal of Economic Growth titled “Violence and Economic Activity: Evidence from African American Patents, 1870–1940.” Cook studied the effect of racial violence on innovation by Black Americans over the period 1870–1940. The results of Cook’s article have been and continue to be widely cited and discussed in the media. In this article, I show that the results in Cook (2014) are not reliable, and therefore, its conclusions are uninformative.

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  • Michael Wiebe, 2024. "Can We Detect the Effects of Racial Violence on Patenting? Reanalyzing an Article by Lisa Cook," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 21(2), pages 339–356-3, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ejw:journl:v:21:y:2024:i:2:p:339-356
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    Keywords

    Reanalysis; replication; conflict; innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • N2 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions

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