Steam as a general purpose technology: A growth accounting perspective

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 495, 2004, Pages 338-351

  Crafts, Nicholas ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942455711     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2003.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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