Relative per capital income levels in the United Kingdom and the United States since 1870: Reconciling time-series projections and direct-benchmark estimates

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 852-863

  Broadberry, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; TIME SERIES;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242498352     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050703542012     Document Type: Article

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