Innovation, Inequality and Intellectual Property Rights

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 889-901

  Weinhold, Diana ^a   Nair Reichert, Usha ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

income inequality; intellectual property rights; long run growth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63449122425     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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