Patents as signals for startup financing

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 592-622

  Conti, Annamaria ^a   Thursby, Jerry ^a   Thursby, Marie ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84886039498     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joie.12025     Document Type: Article

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