Products and productivity

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 681-709

  Bernard, Andrew B ^a   Redding, Stephen J ^b   Schott, Peter K ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm heterogeneity; Industry equilibrium; Product choice; Productivity measurement

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FIRM SIZE; MANUFACTURING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 71849090560     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2009.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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