Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights, and Economic Development: A Unified Empirical Investigation

World Development

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-78

  Hudson, John ^a   Minea, Alexandru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Economic development; Innovation; Intellectual property rights; Nonlinearities

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876446532     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.023     Document Type: Article

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