Patent breadth, patent life, and the pace of technological progress

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-32

  O'Donoghue, Ted ^a   Scotchmer, Suzanne ^b   Thisse, Jacques François ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0032388215     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105864098567317     Document Type: Article

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