Forging Ahead and Falling Behind: The Rise and Relative Decline of the First Industrial Nation

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-210

  Crafts, Nicholas ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006165801     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.2.193     Document Type: Article

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