Information and communication technology and the measurement of volume output and final demand - A five-country study

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 339-376

  Schreyer, Paul ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

National Income; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928519428     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590100000014     Document Type: Article

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