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Knowledge as a public good: efficient sharing and incentives for development effort

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  • d'Aspremont, Claude
  • Bhattacharya, Sudipto
  • Gerard-Varet, Louis-Andre

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  • d'Aspremont, Claude & Bhattacharya, Sudipto & Gerard-Varet, Louis-Andre, 1998. "Knowledge as a public good: efficient sharing and incentives for development effort," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(4), pages 389-404, November.
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