Bigger is better: Market size, demand elasticity, and innovation

International Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-333

  Desmet, Klaus ^a   Parente, Stephen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 77954140249     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2010.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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