Vive la différence: Disaggregation of the productivity convergence process

Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 575-603

  Broadberry, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0242395546     PISSN: 02126109     EISSN: 20413335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0212610900006716     Document Type: Article

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