Contracting productivity growth

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-85

  Francois, Patrick ^a   Roberts, Joanne ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; LABOR MARKET; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0037240950     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-937X.00237     Document Type: Article

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