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Determinants of Innovation Evidence from 19th Century World Fairs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2004

PETRA MOSER
Affiliation:
MIT Sloan

Abstract

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SUMMARIES OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS
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© 2004 The Economic History Association

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