Rent-seeking and innovation

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-160

  Boldrin, Michele ^a   Levine, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Intellectual property; Patent; Rent seeking; Trade secrecy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346307429     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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