Patents or prizes: Monopolistic R&D and asymmetric information

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-390

  De Laat, Eric A A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Patents; R D regulation; Research prizes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038862719     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7187(95)00491-2     Document Type: Article

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