Scale effects in endogenous growth theory: An error of aggregation not specification

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-288

  Laincz, Christopher A ^a   Peretto, Pietro F ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous growth; Establishments; Firm size; RandD; Scale effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751014823     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-006-9004-9     Document Type: Article

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