Foreign inventors in the US: Testing for Diaspora and Brain Gain Effects

Francesco Lissoni
GRETHA, University of Bordeaux 

Lissoni's main research interests relate to knowledge creation and diffusion. In the past he has done research on innovation adoption and the geography of knowledge spillovers. More recently, he contributed to research the role played by IPRs in academic science and the economics of academic science itself. His current projects include studies on the relationship between migration and innovation, in both home and destination countries of migrants.