Assessing the contribution of public capital to private production: Evidence from the German manufacturing sector

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-417

  Stephan, Andreas ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC SPENDING;

GERMANY;

EID: 0142024990     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269217032000118747     Document Type: Article

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