Reversing relative economic decline? The 1980s in historical perspective

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 81-98

  Crafts, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005674408     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/7.3.81     Document Type: Article

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