Testing for constant returns to scale and perfect competition in the Israeli economy, 1980-2006

Israel Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-90

  Djivre, Joseph ^a   Menashe, Yigal ^a  

^a Banking Supervision Department   (Israel)

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EID: 79955611767     PISSN: 07920385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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