Experimentation, patents, and innovation

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-77

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a   Bimpikis, Kostas ^a   Ozdaglar, Asuman ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

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EID: 79958107606     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.3.1.37     Document Type: Article

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