Modelling smooth and uneven cross-sectoral growth patterns: An identification problem

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Napoletano, Mauro ^a,b   Roventini, Andrea ^b,c   Sapio, Sandro ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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