Does intellectual property protection spur technological change?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-264

  Kanwar, Sunil ^a,b   Evenson, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 0037395733     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/55.2.235     Document Type: Article

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