Determinants of TFP growth: A close look at industries driving the EU-US TFP gap

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-180

  Mc Morrow, Kieran ^a   Röger, Werner ^a   Turrini, Alessandro ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

European Union; Growth determinants; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955267130     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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