Patent protection, market uncertainty, and R&D investment

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-159

  Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a,b   Toole, Andrew A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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EID: 79957515542     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00069     Document Type: Article

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