Parallel trade, international exhaustion and intellectual property rights: A welfare analysis

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 499-526

  Valletti, Tommaso M ^a   Szymanski, Stefan ^b  

^a CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845696483     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2006.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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