Learning and forgetting: The dynamics of aircraft production

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1034-1054

  Benkard, C Lanier ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001135843     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.4.1034     Document Type: Article

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