Returns to scale in Canadian manufacturing: An interprovincial comparison

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4 SUPPL. B, 1997, Pages 1083-1103

  Benarroch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABALLERO AND LYONS MODEL; MANUFACTURING; MODELLING APPROACH; RETURNS TO SCALE; STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION;

CANADA;

EID: 3943086910     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136311     Document Type: Article

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