Origins of catch-up failure: Comparative productivity growth in the Habsburg Empire, 1870-1910

European Review of Economic History

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-218

  Schulze, Max Stephan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548008637     PISSN: 13614916     EISSN: 14740044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1361491607001955     Document Type: Article

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