Product variety, competition and economic growth

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 323-347

  Saviotti, Pier Paolo ^a,b   Pyka, Andreas ^c  

^a INRA University Pierre Mendes France   (France)

^b GREDEG CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Growth; Innovation; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249152318     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-008-0097-5     Document Type: Article

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