Do patents over-compensate innovators?

Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 52, 2007, Pages 679-729

  Denicolò, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34648841044     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2007.00188.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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