Property rights and externalities: The uneasy case of knowledge

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-141

  Ramello, Giovanni B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Externalities; Indivisibility; Intellectual property; Invention; Knowledge; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251597094     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-010-9198-3     Document Type: Article

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