yearly observations of 346 production units
number of observations : 3460
country : United States
economic topic : industrial economics
econometrics topic : count data
data(PatentsRDUS)
A dataframe containing :
compustat's identifying number for the firm
year
a two-digit code for the applied R&D industrial classification
is the firm in the scientific sector ?
book value of capital in 1972
the sum of patents applied for between 1972-1979
R&D spending during the year (in 1972 dollars)
the number of patents applied for during the year that were eventually granted
http://cameron.econ.ucdavis.edu/racd/racddata.html, chapter 9..