Measuring aggregate productivity growth using plant-level data

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 705-725

  Petrin, Amil ^a   Levinsohn, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872851040     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: 17562171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1756-2171.12005     Document Type: Article

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