Productivity dynamics and structural change in the US manufacturing sector

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 875-902

  Krüger, Jens J ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MANUFACTURING; MARKOV CHAIN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849105980     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn021     Document Type: Article

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