Incentives and invention in universities

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 403-433

  Lach, Saul ^a   Schankerman, Mark ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 47649110267     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0741-6261.2008.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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