The growth and failure of u. S. manufacturing plants

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 671-698

  Dunne, Timothy ^a   Roberts, Mark J ^b   Samuelson, Larry ^b  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL CHANGE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; PLANT FAILURE;

USA;

EID: 0024935827     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2937862     Document Type: Article

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