Patent quality and incentives at the patent office

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 313-336

  Schuett, Florian ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84879344339     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: 17562171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1756-2171.12021     Document Type: Article

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