The social rate of return to an inventor's assistance program

Engineering Economist

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 348-361

  Astebro, Thomas ^a   Bernhardt, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION; RATE OF RETURN;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EARNINGS;

EID: 0012782387     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137919908967528     Document Type: Article

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