Persistence of capacity shortage and the role of adjustment costs

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-47

  Driver, Ciaran ^a   Meade, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL PROVISION; COST; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0040330025     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00183     Document Type: Article

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