A theory of factor allocation and plant size

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-351

  Holmes, Thomas J ^a   Mitchell, Matthew F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 47649097245     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0741-6261.2008.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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