Chinese industrial productivity: Trends, measurement issues, and recent developments

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-180

  Jefferson, Gary H ^a   Rawski, Thomas G ^b   Zheng, Yuxin ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 0030269246     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.1996.0052     Document Type: Article

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