Ethnic scientific communities and international technology diffusion

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 518-537

  Kerr, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 39149084479     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.3.518     Document Type: Article

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