Related to the Economics in Practice on p. 628: The emigration of Jewish scientists from Germany to the United States in the late 1930s and early 1940s may have increased patent rates in their fields of chemistry by
A) up to 5%.
B) 15%.
C) more than 30%.
D) over 100%.

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The emigration of Jewish scientists from Germany to the United States in the late 1930s and early 1940s led to a significant increase in the number of patents filed in the US, particularly in the fields of chemistry and physics. It has been estimated that patent rates in these fields increased by more than 30% as a result of this migration.

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