When distance disappears: Inventors, education, and the locus of knowledge spillovers

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 449-463

  Giuri, Paola ^a   Mariani, Myriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 84885965347     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00259     Document Type: Article

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