Productivity analysis of IT capital stock: The USA-Japan comparison

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-100

  Shinjo, Koji ^a   Zhang, Xingyuan ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IT capital of the USA and Japan; Marginal benefit and cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037366741     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-1583(03)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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