Quality change and productivity improvement in the Japanese economy

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Bosworth, Derek ^a   Massini, Silvia ^b   Nakayama, Masako ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10644272384     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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