How do patent laws influence innovation? Evidence from nineteenth-century world's fairs

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1214-1236

  Moser, Petra ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 29644436035     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828054825501     Document Type: Review

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