Learning by dying: Combat performance in the age of sail

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 968-1000

  Benjamin, Daniel K ^a,b   Tifrea, Anca ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Property and Environment Research Center   (United States)

^c KPMG LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 37449024257     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050707000460     Document Type: Article

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