Impacts of industry mix, technological change, selection and plant entry/exit on regional productivity growth

Regional Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 333-342

  Rigby, David L ^a   Essletzbichler, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry mix; Plant entry exit; Productivity growth; Selection; Technological change

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 0033920161     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400050078114     Document Type: Article

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