International leadership in productivity at the aggregate and industry level

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-62

  Gersbach, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregate and sector productivity; GDP per capita decomposition; Industry studies; International productivity differences; Measurement of productivity; Productivity leadership

Indexed keywords

GDP; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY LEADERSHIP;

EID: 0031942610     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6419.00047     Document Type: Article

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