Debt, R&D investment and technological progress: A panel study of Japanese manufacturing firms' behavior during the 1990s

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-423

  Ogawa, Kazuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Debt; R D investment; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049029066     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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