Increasing returns, labour utilization and externalities: Procyclical productivity in the United States and Japan

Economica

Volumn 67, Issue 266, 2000, Pages 229-244

  Vecchi, Michela ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOR MARKET; PRODUCTIVITY;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034041038     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00205     Document Type: Article

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