How strong are weak patents?

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1347-1369

  Farrell, Joseph ^a   Shapiro, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 53349089999     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.4.1347     Document Type: Article

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