Why have corporate profits declined? An international comparison

Review of International Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 234-251

  Uctum, Merih ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

CANADA; GERMANY; JAPAN; USA;

EID: 0031880447     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9396.00100     Document Type: Article

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