@article{42638,
  abstract     = {{<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>}},
  author       = {{Balsmeier, Benjamin and Fleming, Lee and Lück, Sonja}},
  issn         = {{2640-205X}},
  journal      = {{American Economic Review: Insights}},
  keywords     = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Geography, Planning and Development}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{21--33}},
  publisher    = {{American Economic Association}},
  title        = {{{Isolating Personal Knowledge Spillovers: Coinventor Deaths and Spatial Citation Differentials}}},
  doi          = {{10.1257/aeri.20210275}},
  volume       = {{5}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}