Do Stronger Patents Induce More Innovation? Evidence from the 1988 Japanese Patent Law Reforms

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  The RAND Journal of Economics

• Publication date

  2001-01-21

• Fields of study

  Law, Economics

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  DOI 10.3386/W7066
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