On the winner-take-all principle in innovation races

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1133-1158

  Denicolò, Vincenzo ^a   Franzoni, Luigi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 77954198859     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea_a_00017     Document Type: Article

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