After the golden age: A long-run perspective on growth rates that speeded up, slowed down and still differ

Manchester School

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-91

  Mills, Terence C ^a   Crafts, N F R ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0003042459     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9957.00182     Document Type: Article

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