The impact of academic patenting on the rate, quality and direction of (public) research output

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 637-676

  Azoulay, Pierre ^a   Ding, Waverly ^b   Stuart, Toby ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics of science; Patenting; Self selection; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649108882     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2009.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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