Estimation of scale economies underlying growth and productivity: The empirical implications of data aggregation

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 739-756

  Morrison Paul, Catherine J ^a   Siegel, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

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EID: 0040038380     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061273     Document Type: Article

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