Factors behind cross-industry differences in technical progress

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-220

  Nelson, Richard R ^a   Wolff, Edward N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Research and development; Technological change

Indexed keywords

CROSS-INDUSTRY DIFFERENCE; TECHNICAL PROGRESS;

EID: 0031419122     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-349X(96)00079-3     Document Type: Article

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