Intellectual property rights in Mexico: Do they play a role?

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1865-1879

  Léger, Andréanne ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developing country; Empirical evidence; Intellectual property rights; Latin America; Maize; Mexico

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; DEVELOPING WORLD; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MAIZE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27644473816     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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