Technological change and transition: Relative contributions to worldwide growth during the 1990s

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-492

  Badunenko, Oleg ^a   Henderson, Daniel J ^b   Zelenyuk, Valentin ^c  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kyiv School of Economics Ukraine   (Ukraine)

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EID: 47949131449     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2008.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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