The acceleration in variety growth

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 274-280

  Bils, Mark ^a   Klenow, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

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EID: 0039298234     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.2.274     Document Type: Article

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