Government production of investment goods and aggregate labor productivity

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 163-187

  Schmitz Jr, James A ^a  

^a Research Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate productivity; E60; Government production; L32; O11; O40; Public enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041971374     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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