@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp10815, author={Kim, Jinyoung}, title={Racing against Time in Research: A Study of the 1995 U.S. Patent Law Amendment}, year={2017}, month={May}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={10815}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10815}, abstract={Teamwork in research has been on the rise and so has the size of R&D teams. This paper offers an explanation for increasing team size that we call the "racing against time" hypothesis: With innovation races more competitive globally, R&D firms need to finish research projects as quickly as possible and therefore have an incentive to put together a team with more R&D personnel. We test this hypothesis against a natural experiment that took place in 1995 when the U.S. patent law was amended. }, keywords={patent;R&D;team size;teamwork;racing against time}, }