Firm characteristics and the cyclicality of R&D investments

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1141-1169

  Arvanitis, Spyros ^a   Woerter, Martin ^a  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84983791785     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtt013     Document Type: Article

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