Procyclical productivity: Increasing returns or cyclical utilization?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 719-751

  Basu, Susanto ^a  

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EID: 0012676289     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2946670     Document Type: Article

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