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Does Input Quality Drive Measured Differences In Firm Productivity? *
dc.contributor.authorFox, Jeremy T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSmeets, Valérieen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-05T18:32:46Z
dc.date.available2013-01-02T16:32:51Zen_US
dc.date.issued2011-11en_US
dc.identifier.citationFox, Jeremy T.; Smeets, Valérie (2011). "Does Input Quality Drive Measured Differences In Firm Productivity? * ." International Economic Review 52(4). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/88037>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0020-6598en_US
dc.identifier.issn1468-2354en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/88037
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Incen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.titleDoes Input Quality Drive Measured Differences In Firm Productivity? *en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan and NBER, U.S.A.; Aarhus University, Denmarken_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88037/1/j.1468-2354.2011.00656.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1468-2354.2011.00656.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceInternational Economic Reviewen_US
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