Measuring our ignorance, one book at a time: New indicators of technological change, 1909-1949

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 450-470

  Alexopoulos, Michelle ^a   Cohen, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Depression; Productivity; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649152514     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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