Comparing apples to oranges: Productivity convergence and measurement across industries and countries: Comment

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1160-1167

  Sørensen, Anders ^a  

^a Ctr for Economic and Bus Research   (Denmark)

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EID: 85015545415     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.4.1160     Document Type: Note

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