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IF 1.2 4区经济学

Japanese Economic Review Pub Date : 2019-09-08 DOI: 10.1111/jere.12208

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Populism, Fairness and Competition: Should We Care and What Could We Do? 民粹主义、公平与竞争:我们应该关心吗?我们能做些什么?

IF 1.2 4区经济学

Japanese Economic Review Pub Date : 2019-09-08 DOI: 10.1111/jere.12232

Frederic Jenny

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引用次数: 4

Patent Statistics as an Innovation Indicator? Evidence from the Hard Disk Drive Industry 专利统计作为创新指标?来自硬盘驱动器行业的证据

IF 1.2 4区经济学

Japanese Economic Review Pub Date : 2019-09-08 DOI: 10.1111/jere.12234

Mitsuru Igami, Jai Subrahmanyam

引用次数: 17

Price Effects of Target Ratcheting: A Progress Report on Medical Devices 目标棘轮的价格效应:医疗器械的进展报告

IF 1.2 4区经济学

Japanese Economic Review Pub Date : 2019-08-20 DOI: 10.1111/jere.12235

Daiya Isogawa, Hiroshi Ohashi

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Mix-and-match divestitures and merger harm 混搭式资产剥离和合并损害