We explore the usefulness of patent citations as a measure of the "importance" of a firm's patents, as indicated by the stock market valuation of the firm's intangible stock of knowledge. Using patents and citations for 1963-1995, we estimate Tobin's q equations on the ratios of R&D to assets stocks, patents to R&D, and citations to patents. We find that each ratio significantly affects market value, with an extra citation per patent boosting market value by 3%. Further findings indicate that "unpredictable" citations have a stronger effect than the predictable portion, and that self-citations are more valuable than external citations.
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Tsuda, A., Henry, F. S., & Butler, J. P. (2005). Market Value and Patent Citations. Rand Journal of Economics, 36(1), 16–38. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/1593752
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