Third ruggles lecture for the international association for research in income and wealth: A new architecture for the U.S. national accounts

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-42

  Jorgenson, Dale W ^a,b,c  

^a Samuel W Morris University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 1805 Cambridge St Littauer Center   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60449085720     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2008.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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