Intellectual property rights and innovation: Evidence from the human genome

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-27

  Williams, Heidi L ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENE; GENOME; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PROJECT ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875678692     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669706     Document Type: Article

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