Economic growth with imperfect protection of intellectual property rights

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-85

  Horii, Ryo ^a   Iwaisako, Tatsuro ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duplication; Endogenous growth; Intellectual property rights; Leapfrogging; Quality ladder

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846490827     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00712-006-0222-6     Document Type: Article

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