The productivity effect of government capital in developing and industrialized countries

Applied Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1181-1187

  Nourzad, Farrokh ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; NATIONAL TRADE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0033927967     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368400404326     Document Type: Article

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