Factor Shares, Business Cycles And The Distributive Loop

Metroeconomica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-511

  Jackson, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861895539     PISSN: 00261386     EISSN: 1467999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-999X.2012.04152.x     Document Type: Article

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