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Computers and economic growth : firm-level evidence

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  • Brynjolfsson, Erik.
  • Hitt, Lorin M.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Industrial Performance Center.

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"First draft: November 1993, Current Version, August 1994."

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  • Brynjolfsson, Erik. & Hitt, Lorin M. & Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Industrial Performance Center., 1994. "Computers and economic growth : firm-level evidence," Working papers 3714-94. CISR WP ; no. 27, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
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