The contract theory of patents

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-380

  Denicolò, Vincenzo ^a   Franzoni, Luigi Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contract theory; Patent system; Reward theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742306523     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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