Effects of patent policy on income and consumption inequality in a R&D growth model

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 336-350

  Chu, Angus C ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

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EID: 78149315272     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/sej.2010.77.2.336     Document Type: Article

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