Age and great invention

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Jones, Benjamin F ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 77955152796     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.2009.11724     Document Type: Article

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