Patent Policy in an Endogenous Growth Model

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-258

  Iwaisako, Tatsuro ^a   Futagami, Koichi ^b  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endogenous growth; Patent policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141766837     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00712-002-0541-1     Document Type: Article

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