Relative prices and relative prosperity

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 562-585

  Hsieh, Chang Tai ^a,b   Klenow, Peter J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NBER ^*

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EID: 34547298143     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.3.562     Document Type: Article

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