Contracts and technology adoption

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 916-943

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a,b   Antràs, Pol ^c,d   Helpman, Elhanan ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 34250715259     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.3.916     Document Type: Article

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