Institutions and economic growth: The politics of productivity in West Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, 1945-1955

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 416-444

  Booth, Alan ^a   Melling, Joseph ^a   Dartmann, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037995553     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700018507     Document Type: Review

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