Research, patenting, and technological change

Econometrica

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1389-1419

  Kortum, Samuel S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Innovation; Patent productivity; Research; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000971801     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171741     Document Type: Article

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