When do research consortia work well and why? Evidence from Japanese panel data

American Economic Review

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 143-159

  Branstetter, Lee G ^a   Sakakibara, Mariko ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0005084237     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282802760015649     Document Type: Article

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