Patents and patent policy

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 568-587

  Hall, Bronwyn H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incentives; Intellectual property; Patents

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; INCENTIVE; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LEGAL RIGHTS;

EID: 38149071689     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grm037     Document Type: Article

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