Extensive and intensive investment over the business cycle

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 863-908

  Jovanovic, Boyan ^a   Rousseau, Peter L ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BUSINESS CYCLE; CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84904430848     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676405     Document Type: Article

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