What determines productivity? Lessons from the dramatic recovery of the U.S. and Canadian iron ore industries following their early 1980s crisis

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 582-625

  Schmitz Jr , James A ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; IRON ORE; PRODUCTIVITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21044458131     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429279     Document Type: Article

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