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Market Structure and Technological Progress: The Influence of Monopoly on Product Innovation

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  • Peter L. Swan

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I. Introduction and summary, 627. — II. Assumptions, 629. — III. The monopoly and purely competitive decisions, 631. — IV. The generality of the results, 633. — V. Some concluding remarks, 635. — Appendix (to Section III), 636.

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  • Peter L. Swan, 1970. "Market Structure and Technological Progress: The Influence of Monopoly on Product Innovation," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 84(4), pages 627-638.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:84:y:1970:i:4:p:627-638.
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