What explains the industrial revolution in East Asia? Evidence from the factor markets

American Economic Review

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 502-526

  Hsieh, Chang Tai ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001435305     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/00028280260136372     Document Type: Article

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