On endogenous growth and increasing returns: Modeling learning-by-doing and the division of labor

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-55

  De Liso, Nicola ^a   Filatrella, Giovanni ^b   Weaver, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D24; Division of labor; Endogenous growth; J24; Learning by doing; O41; Returns to scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347572478     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(01)00186-X     Document Type: Article

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