Runner-up patents: Is monopoly inevitable

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 417-440

  Henry, Emeric ^a  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Deadweight loss; Optimal mix of instruments; Patents; Second inventor

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MONOPOLY;

EID: 77954186578     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2010.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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