Industrial targeting, experimentation and long-run specialization

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-105

  Klimenko, Mikhail M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian learning; Industrial targeting; Multi armed bandits

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 0942299871     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2002.09.001     Document Type: Article

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