The impact of the Second World War on US productivity growth

Economic History Review

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 672-694

  Field, Alexander J ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; WAR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47949120036     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2007.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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