Prof. Dr. Philipp Böing

Prof. Dr. Philipp Böing

Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Professor Philipp Böing is a senior researcher in ZEW’s Research Unit “Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics” and teaches at Goethe University Frankfurt. His research focuses on innovation incentives and the impact of innovation on firm performance and economic growth. His work is characterised by the use of unique micro data, econometric analyses and empirical advances. Böing is particularly interested in policy evaluation, patent indicators, productivity and import competition.

Combined with a strong empirical focus on China and its global rise, he pursues a critical understanding of data-generating processes and institutions in China. He has advised the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the German Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI), among others. Previously, Böing was an assistant professor at Peking University and Taiwan Fellow at Academia Sinica. He is a research affiliate of the IZA – Research Institute of Labor Economics and a fellow of Tsinghua University.

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Philipp Böing

Prof. Dr. Philipp Böing

Senior Researcher Email philipp.boeing@zew.de Phone +49 (0)621 1235-189

Unit: Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Best Paper Award, First Prize, Asia Pacific Innovation Conference, 2021 // 2021
Prizes, Awards and Distinctions
Asia Pacific Innovation Network, Melbourne, Australia
Dissertationspreis, Finalist Deutscher Studienpreis // 2016

Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany

Selected Publications

The Impact of China’s R&D Subsidies on R&D Investment, Technological Upgrading and Economic Growth

Böing, Philipp, Jonathan Eberle and Anthony Howell (2022), The Impact of China’s R&D Subsidies on R&D Investment, Technological Upgrading and Economic Growth, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 174, 121212.

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Decoding China’s COVID‐19 ‘Virus Exceptionalism’: Community‐based Digital Contact Tracing in Wuhan

Böing, Philipp and Yihan Wang (2021), Decoding China’s COVID‐19 ‘Virus Exceptionalism’: Community‐based Digital Contact Tracing in Wuhan, R&D Management.

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A Global Decline in Research Productivity? Evidence from China and Germany

Böing, Philipp and Paul Hünermund (2020), A Global Decline in Research Productivity? Evidence from China and Germany, Economics Letters 197, 109646.

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Measuring China's patent quality: Development and validation of ISR indices

Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2019), Measuring China's patent quality: Development and validation of ISR indices, China Economic Review 57, 101331.

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The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Firm Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms

Böing, Philipp, Zhao Rong and Xiaokai Wu (2017), The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Firm Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms, Research Policy 46, 1533-1551.

Measuring Patent Quality in Cross-country Comparison

Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2016), Measuring Patent Quality in Cross-country Comparison, Economics Letters 149, 145-147.

The Allocation and Effectiveness of China's R&D Subsidies - Evidence from Listed Firms

Böing, Philipp (2016), The Allocation and Effectiveness of China's R&D Subsidies - Evidence from Listed Firms, Research Policy 45, 1774-1789.

China's R&D Explosion - Analyzing Productivity Effects Across Ownership Types and Over Time

Böing, Philipp, Elisabeth Müller and Philipp Sandner (2016), China's R&D Explosion - Analyzing Productivity Effects Across Ownership Types and Over Time, Research Policy 45(2016), 159-176.

Is there a slowdown in research productivity? Evidence from China and Germany

Böing, Philipp and Paul Hünermund (2023), Is there a slowdown in research productivity? Evidence from China and Germany, in: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) OECD Publishing , Paris,

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Innovative China. R&D Subsidies, Patent Measures, and Productivity Returns

Böing, Philipp (2021), Innovative China. R&D Subsidies, Patent Measures, and Productivity Returns, in: Johannes Klenk, Franziska Waschek 33-50

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Chinas Innovationspolitik – Implikationen für Deutschland

Böing, Philipp (2020), Chinas Innovationspolitik – Implikationen für Deutschland, in: IMPULS Stiftung Frankfurt am Main, 10-11

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Förderung von FuE in der chinesischen Wirtschaft

Böing, Philipp and Georg Licht (2015), Förderung von FuE in der chinesischen Wirtschaft, in: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) Berlin, 30-37

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Research and Development, Patents, and Productivity

Böing, Philipp (2015), Research and Development, Patents, and Productivity, in: Vol. 10. Schwerpunktausgabe 08/15 Bonn, 34-35

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The Misuse of China’s R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects With One-Sided Noncompliance

Böing, Philipp and Bettina Peters (2024), The Misuse of China’s R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects With One-Sided Noncompliance, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-077, Mannheim

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Global Influence of Inventions and Technology Sovereignty

Müller, Elisabeth and Philipp Böing (2024), Global Influence of Inventions and Technology Sovereignty, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-024, Mannheim

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Global Influence of Inventions and Technology Sovereignty

Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2024), Global Influence of Inventions and Technology Sovereignty, ZEW policy brief No. 24-01, Mannheim

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The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership

Böing, Philipp, Loren Brandt, Ruochen Dai, Kevin Lim and Bettina Peters (2024), The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership, IZA Discussion Papers , Bonn.

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The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership

Böing, Philipp, Loren Brandt, Ruochen Dai, Kevin Lim and Bettina Peters (2024), The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-016, Mannheim

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The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership

Böing, Philipp, Loren Brandt, Ruochen Dai, Kevin Lim and Bettina Peters (2024), The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership, University of Toronto Department of Economics Working Paper , Toronto.

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Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects with One-sided Noncompliance

Böing, Philipp and Bettina Peters (2021), Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects with One-sided Noncompliance, DEM Discussion Paper , Luxembourg.

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Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects with One-sided Noncompliance

Böing, Philipp and Bettina Peters (2021), Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects with One-sided Noncompliance, China Center for Economic Research Working Paper Series , Beijing.

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Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects with One-Sided Noncompliance

Böing, Philipp and Bettina Peters (2021), Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects with One-Sided Noncompliance, IZA Discussion Papers .

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A New China Shock?

Böing, Philipp and Bettina Peters (2021), A New China Shock?, The Untold Story of China’s R&D Subsidies, ZEW expert brief No. 21-10, Mannheim

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Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects with One-Sided Noncompliance

Böing, Philipp and Bettina Peters (2021), Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects with One-Sided Noncompliance, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-081, Mannheim

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Decoding China’s COVID-19 ‘Virus Exceptionalism’: Community-based Digital Contact Tracing in Wuhan

Böing, Philipp and Yihan Wang (2021), Decoding China’s COVID-19 ‘Virus Exceptionalism’: Community-based Digital Contact Tracing in Wuhan, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-028, Mannheim

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More R&D, Less Growth? China’s Decreasing Research Productivity in International Comparison

Böing, Philipp and Paul Hünermund (2020), More R&D, Less Growth? China’s Decreasing Research Productivity in International Comparison, ZEW policy brief No. 20-08, Mannheim

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Innovative China

Böing, Philipp (2020), Innovative China, R&D Subsidies, Patent Measures, and Productivity, ZEW expert brief No. 20-15, Mannheim

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A Global Decline in Research Productivity? Evidence from China and Germany

Böing, Philipp and Paul Hünermund (2020), A Global Decline in Research Productivity? Evidence from China and Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-030, Mannheim , published in : Economics Letters

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Direktinvestitionen zwischen Deutschland und China aus einer innovationspolitischen Sicht

Dürr, Niklas, Christian Rammer and Philipp Böing (2020), Direktinvestitionen zwischen Deutschland und China aus einer innovationspolitischen Sicht, Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem , Berlin.

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Effects of R&D Subsidies on Regional Economic Dynamics: Evidence from Chinese Provinces

Eberle, Jonathan and Philipp Böing (2019), Effects of R&D Subsidies on Regional Economic Dynamics: Evidence from Chinese Provinces, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-038, Mannheim

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Measuring China’s Patent Quality: Development and Validation of ISR Indices

Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2019), Measuring China’s Patent Quality: Development and Validation of ISR Indices, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-017, Mannheim

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The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Firm Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms

Rong, Zhao, Xiaokai Wu and Philipp Böing (2017), The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Firm Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-005, Mannheim

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Measuring Patent Quality and National Technological Capacity in Cross-Country Comparison

Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2016), Measuring Patent Quality and National Technological Capacity in Cross-Country Comparison, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-048, Mannheim

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Measuring Patent Quality in International Comparison – Index Development and Application to China

Böing, Philipp and Elisabeth Müller (2015), Measuring Patent Quality in International Comparison – Index Development and Application to China, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-051, Mannheim

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China's R&D Explosion – Analyzing Productivity Effects Across Ownership Types and Over Time

Böing, Philipp, Elisabeth Müller and Philipp Sandner (2015), China's R&D Explosion – Analyzing Productivity Effects Across Ownership Types and Over Time, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-006, Mannheim , published in : Research Policy

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China's R&D Subsidies – Allocation and Effectiveness

Böing, Philipp (2014), China's R&D Subsidies – Allocation and Effectiveness, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-103, Mannheim

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Projects

01.07.2021 – 31.12.2024
The Effect of Innovation Policy on China’s Competitiveness and the Reaction of Firms in Germany
01.05.2019 – 29.02.2020
Analysis of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Germany and the EU, and Vice Versa
01.05. – 31.12.2019
The Role of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Germany and Europe and the Access to the Chinese Market for German and European Firms in the Context of M&A
01.05.2015 – 31.12.2019
Price and Quality Competition from China – How Can German Firms react?

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Vorstand

2025 - until now: Vorstand, China-Institut an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Research Fellow

2025 - until now: Research Fellow, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), Bonn, Germany

Research Fellow

2024 - until now: Research Fellow, Asian Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association (AIEA), Boston, United States of America

Research Fellow

2023: Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Affiliated Researcher

2019 - 2025: Affiliated Researcher, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), Bonn, Germany

Assistant Professor

2017 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China

Research Fellow

2015 - until now: Research Fellow, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Innovation in China: Applied Microeconomic Perspecives

SS 2025/2029: Lecture and tutorial "Innovation in China: Applied Microeconomic Perspecives", China-Institut an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Innovation in China: Applied Microeconomic Perspectives

FS 2024/2024: Seminar "Innovation in China: Applied Microeconomic Perspectives", University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Introduction to Econometrics

HS 2024/2025: Lecture and tutorial "Introduction to Econometrics", University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Economics of Innovation

SS 2023: Seminar "Economics of Innovation", Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Innovation in China: Applied Economic Perspectives

SS 2022: Seminar "Innovation in China: Applied Economic Perspectives", University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Economics of Innovation

SS 2022: Seminar "Economics of Innovation", Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Applied Research Methods

WS 2022/2023: Lecture "Applied Research Methods", Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Economics of Innovation

WS 2018/2019: Lecture and seminar "Economics of Innovation", Peking University, Beijing, China

Business Economics- Innovation Made in China

WS 2016/2016: Lecture and seminar "Business Economics- Innovation Made in China", Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Economics of Innovation and China's Development

FS 2015: "Economics of Innovation and China's Development", Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

China's Economic Development

WS 2014/2015: Bloc "China's Economic Development", Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Academia Sinica

08. – 08.2023 Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Academia Sinica

02. – 04.2023 Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Peking University

09.2017 – 07.2019 Peking University, Beijing, China

University of Melbourne

12. – 12.2014 University of Melbourne, Australia

UNU-MERIT

10. – 10.2012 UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, Netherlands

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

03. – 03.2012 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Tsinghua University

10. – 12.2012 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Beijing Humboldt Forum 2018, Domestic Chair of ZEW-Session: Market and Public Incentives to invest in Innovation

Peking, China, 2018

RCTI – ZEW JOINT WORKSHOP on Recent Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in China and Europe

Peking, China, 2017

Fourth Annual Meeting of the International Consortium for China Studies (2594)

Conference, ZEW, Germany, 2017

ZEW, Germany, 2016 more information

Sino-German Workshop on Innovation and High-tech Entrepreneurship

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2015