Why does misallocation persist?

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 189-206

  Banerjee, Abhijit V ^a   Moll, Benjamin ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 85017096195     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.1.189     Document Type: Article

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