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10 - Do intangibles contribute to productivity growth in East Asian countries? Evidence from Japan and Korea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2017

Dale W. Jorgenson
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Kyoji Fukao
Affiliation:
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
Marcel P. Timmer
Affiliation:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
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The World Economy
Growth or Stagnation?
, pp. 347 - 376
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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