Explaining a productive decade

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 633-673

  Oliner, Stephen D ^a   Sichel, Daniel E ^a   Stiroh, Kevin J ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b Private sector   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; Intangible capital; Labor productivity; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 46849107148     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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