Factor prices and productivity growth during the British industrial revolution

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-77

  Antràs, Pol ^a   Voth, Hans Joachim ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British industrial revolution; Dual measurement of productivity; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037224534     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4983(02)00024-4     Document Type: Review

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