Steam power, establishment size, and labor productivity growth in nineteenth century American manufacturing

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-198

  Atack, Jeremy ^a   Bateman, Fred ^b   Margo, Robert A ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm size; Manufacturing; Productivity growth; Steam power

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149100635     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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