Patent Protection in the Shadow of Infringement: Simulation Estimations of Patent Value

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 671-710

  Lanjouw, Jean Olson ^a  

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EID: 0038955608     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-937x.00064     Document Type: Article

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