The quest for evidence on the economic effects of copyright law

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1187-1202

  Towse, Ruth ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copyright; Digitisation; Economic impact; Evidence based policy

Indexed keywords

DIGITIZATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC POLICY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84883436226     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bet014     Document Type: Article

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