Rivals' search for buried treasure: Competition and duplication in R&D

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 160-183

  Chatterjee, Kalyan ^a   Evans, Robert ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fellow of St John's College   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442687924     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593735     Document Type: Article

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