Product market competition, skill shortages and productivity: Evidence from Canadian manufacturing firms

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-339

  Tang, Jianmin ^a   Wang, Weimin ^a  

^a INDUSTRY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Product market competition; Productivity; Skill shortages

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644487974     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-005-2213-y     Document Type: Article

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