The scale of production in western economic development: A comparison of official industry statistics in the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, 1905-1913

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 90-112

  Kinghorn, Janice Rye ^a   Nye, John Vincent ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS DATA; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL STUDY; INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LARGE FIRM;

EID: 0013006851     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002205070001603X     Document Type: Review

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