Learning Curves and the Cyclical Behavior of Manufacturing Industries

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 531-550

  Klenow, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0000744174     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/redy.1998.0014     Document Type: Article

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