Do stronger patents induce more local innovation?

International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology Under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 309-320

  Branstetter, Lee G ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84905372913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511494529.017     Document Type: Chapter

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