Uncovering some causal relationships between productivity growth and the structure of economic fluctuations: a tentative survey

Labour

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-303

  Aghion, Philippe ^a,b   Saint Paul, Gilles ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; KEYNESIAN THEORY; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; SCHUMPETERIAN THEORY;

EID: 0031824645     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00069     Document Type: Article

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