Sweden's relative economic performance: Lagging behind or staying on top?

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 439, 1996, Pages 1747-1759

  Henrekson, Magnus ^a  

^a IFN Research Institute for Industrial Economics   (Sweden)

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EID: 0037826231     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235215     Document Type: Article

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