Knowledge accumulation, and productivity: Evidence from plant-level data for Ireland

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 344-358

  Cassidy, Mark ^a   Görg, Holger ^b   Strobl, Eric ^c  

^a CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 28144434219     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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