Product creation and destruction: Evidence and price implications

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 691-723

  Broda, Christian ^a   Weinstein, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 77956103491     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.3.691     Document Type: Article

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