Unleashing animal spirits: Investment in ICT and economic growth

The Economics of the Digital Society

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 272-304

  Bartelsman, Eric J ^a   Hinloopen, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84881993305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845428204.00019     Document Type: Chapter

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