Patent citations and the geography of knowledge spillovers: Evidence from inventor- And examiner-added citations

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-388

  Thompson, Peter ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745469510     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.88.2.383     Document Type: Article

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