Britain's Productivity Gap in the 1930s: Some Neglected Factors

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 531-558

  Broadberry, S N ^a   Crafts, N F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005735908     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700011384     Document Type: Article

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