The Impact of the GDPR on AI Innovation: An Analysis of Patent Data in Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands
This thesis examines the impact of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) on AI innovation by analyzing AI patent data (2011–2021) from Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands, compared to Canada and Israel. By using a Difference-in-Differences design with event studies, robustness checks, and supporting descriptive statistics, it investigates changes in both patent volume and subfield composi