Distortions, endogenous managerial skills and productivity differences

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-25

  Bhattacharya, Dhritiman ^a   Guner, Nezih ^b   Ventura, Gustavo ^c  

^a Promontory Financial Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distortions; Productivity differences; Size; Skill investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871919454     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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