Market Services Productivity across Europe and the US

Economic Policy 53 January 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 141-194

  Inklaar, Robert ^a   Timmer, Marcel P ^a   Van Ark, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

'sophisticated'; 'technology'; Determinants of productivity growth; Market services and aggregate growth; The Growing Role of Skills and ICT Capital in Growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889474902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444306699.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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