Patent policy and the direction of technological change

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 722-746

  Eswaran, Mukesh ^a   Gallini, Nancy ^a  

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EID: 0030369998     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555879     Document Type: Article

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