Is financial innovation good for the economy?

Innovation Policy and the Economy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Johnson, Simon ^a   Kwak, James ^b  

^a MIT and NBER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84859347801     PISSN: 15313468     EISSN: 15372618     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/663153     Document Type: Article

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