Markov-perfect industry dynamics: A framework for empirical work

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 53-82

  Pakes, Ariel ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84959843820     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2297841     Document Type: Article

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