Quantifying UK capital adjustment costs

Economica

Volumn 75, Issue 298, 2008, Pages 310-325

  Groth, Charllota ^a  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; DEMAND ELASTICITY; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTION COST; SERVICE SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41849149385     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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