Why did productivity fall so much during the great depression?

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 34-44

  Ohanian, Lee E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

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EID: 0013369773     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.2.34     Document Type: Article

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