Economies of density and productivity in service industries: An analysis of personal service industries based on establishment-level data

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-192

  Morikawa, Masayuki ^a  

^a TRADE AND INDUSTRY   (Japan)

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EID: 79957509643     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00065     Document Type: Article

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