The tyranny of numbers: Confronting the statistical realities of the east asian growth experience

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 641-680

  Young, Alwyn ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FACTOR ACCUMULATION; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; OUTPUT GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA, (EAST); HONG KONG; KOREA(SOUTH); SINGAPORE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0029480797     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2946695     Document Type: Article

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