Vintage technologies and skill constraints: Evidence from U.S. exports of new and used machines

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-109

  Navaretti, Giorgio Barba ^a   Soloaga, Isidro ^b   Takacs, Wendy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SKILLED LABOR; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034042342     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/14.1.91     Document Type: Article

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