Decline in the US profit rate: A sectoral analysis

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1641-1652

  Uctum, Merih ^a   Viana, Sandra ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033384462     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499323166     Document Type: Article

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