Does information and communication technology drive EU-US productivity growth differentials?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 693-716

  Timmer, Marcel P ^a   van Ark, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644496834     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpi032     Document Type: Article

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