Agricultural research and intellectual property rights

International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology Under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 188-216

  Evenson, Robert E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646790214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511494529.010     Document Type: Chapter

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