“High” innovators? Marijuana legalization and regional innovation

• Main Authors: CHENG, Stephanihe, LIN, Pengkai, TAN, Yinliang, ZHANG, Yuchen
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Public Health; Marijuana Legalization; Regional Innovation; Inventor Performance; Patents; Accounting
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1981; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/3008/viewcontent/cheng_et_al_2023_high_innovators_marijuana_legalization_and_regional_innovation.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The past three decades have witnessed a tremendous shift in public health policies towards marijuana legalization in the U.S. Adopting the process-based view of innovation, we hypothesize that marijuana's increased use and related consequences after its legalization affect innovators’ behavior...