The industry origins of the US-Japan productivity gap

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-341

  Jorgenson, Dale W ^a   Nomura, Koji ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth; Investment; Productivity; Purchasing power parity

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; PURCHASING POWER PARITY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348994930     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: 14695758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09535310701572024     Document Type: Article

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