Capacity Utilization

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 151-167

  Corrado, Carol ^a   Mattey, Joe ^b  

^a Industrial Output Section   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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EID: 0000392739     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.1.151     Document Type: Article

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