Productivity growth in service industries: Are the transatlantic differences measurement-driven?

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 494-505

  Hartwig, Jochen ^a  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 49149089109     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2008.00284.x     Document Type: Review

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