Information technology and the world economy

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 631-650

  Jorgenson, Dale W ^a   Vu, Khuong ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Information technology; Investment; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENT;

EID: 29444455673     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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