[{"type":"journal_article","publication":"American Economic Review: Insights","status":"public","abstract":[{"text":"<jats:p> We propose a new method to estimate and isolate the localization of knowledge spillovers due to the physical presence of a person, using after-application but pre-grant deaths of differently located coinventors of the same patent. The approach estimates the differences in local citations between the deceased and still-living inventors at increasingly distant radii. Patents receive 26 percent fewer citations from within a radius of 20 miles around the deceased, relative to still-living coinventors. Differences attenuate with time and distance, are stronger when still-living coinventors live farther from the deceased, and hold for a subsample of possibly premature deaths. (JEL O31, O33, O34, R32) </jats:p>","lang":"eng"}],"user_id":"950","department":[{"_id":"200"},{"_id":"281"},{"_id":"475"}],"_id":"42638","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"keyword":["Management","Monitoring","Policy and Law","Geography","Planning and Development"],"issue":"1","publication_status":"published","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2640-205X","2640-2068"]},"citation":{"mla":"Balsmeier, Benjamin, et al. “Isolating Personal Knowledge Spillovers: Coinventor Deaths and Spatial Citation Differentials.” <i>American Economic Review: Insights</i>, vol. 5, no. 1, American Economic Association, 2023, pp. 21–33, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20210275\">10.1257/aeri.20210275</a>.","bibtex":"@article{Balsmeier_Fleming_Lück_2023, title={Isolating Personal Knowledge Spillovers: Coinventor Deaths and Spatial Citation Differentials}, volume={5}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20210275\">10.1257/aeri.20210275</a>}, number={1}, journal={American Economic Review: Insights}, publisher={American Economic Association}, author={Balsmeier, Benjamin and Fleming, Lee and Lück, Sonja}, year={2023}, pages={21–33} }","short":"B. Balsmeier, L. Fleming, S. Lück, American Economic Review: Insights 5 (2023) 21–33.","apa":"Balsmeier, B., Fleming, L., &#38; Lück, S. (2023). Isolating Personal Knowledge Spillovers: Coinventor Deaths and Spatial Citation Differentials. <i>American Economic Review: Insights</i>, <i>5</i>(1), 21–33. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20210275\">https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20210275</a>","ama":"Balsmeier B, Fleming L, Lück S. Isolating Personal Knowledge Spillovers: Coinventor Deaths and Spatial Citation Differentials. <i>American Economic Review: Insights</i>. 2023;5(1):21-33. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20210275\">10.1257/aeri.20210275</a>","chicago":"Balsmeier, Benjamin, Lee Fleming, and Sonja Lück. “Isolating Personal Knowledge Spillovers: Coinventor Deaths and Spatial Citation Differentials.” <i>American Economic Review: Insights</i> 5, no. 1 (2023): 21–33. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20210275\">https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20210275</a>.","ieee":"B. Balsmeier, L. Fleming, and S. Lück, “Isolating Personal Knowledge Spillovers: Coinventor Deaths and Spatial Citation Differentials,” <i>American Economic Review: Insights</i>, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 21–33, 2023, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20210275\">10.1257/aeri.20210275</a>."},"page":"21-33","intvolume":"         5","year":"2023","author":[{"first_name":"Benjamin","full_name":"Balsmeier, Benjamin","last_name":"Balsmeier"},{"first_name":"Lee","last_name":"Fleming","full_name":"Fleming, Lee"},{"last_name":"Lück","orcid":"0000-0003-0380-1965","full_name":"Lück, Sonja","id":"950","first_name":"Sonja"}],"date_created":"2023-02-28T20:28:16Z","volume":5,"publisher":"American Economic Association","date_updated":"2023-02-28T20:35:11Z","doi":"10.1257/aeri.20210275","title":"Isolating Personal Knowledge Spillovers: Coinventor Deaths and Spatial Citation Differentials"}]