Computers, obsolescence, and productivity

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 445-461

  Whelan, Karl ^a  

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EID: 0036022597     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465302320259466     Document Type: Review

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