Property rights to technical knowledge in premodern Europe, 1300-1800

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 382-387

  Epstein, Stephan R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4043172010     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041301777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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