Economic returns of research: The Pareto law and its implications

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 653-664

  Sornette, D ^a,b   Zajdenweber, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

01.75.+m Science and society; 02.50. r Probability theory, stochastic, processes, and statistics; 89.90.+n Other areas of general interest to physicists

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008910950     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050733     Document Type: Article

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