Capital adjustment patterns in Swedish manufacturing Firms: What model do they suggest?

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 506, 2005, Pages 969-986

  Carlsson, Mikael ^a   Laséen, Stefan ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; COST; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MANUFACTURING;

EID: 28244484013     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01027.x     Document Type: Review

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