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Productivity, Efficiency And Technical Progress

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  • Bernard THIRY & Henry TULKENS, 1989. "Productivity, Efficiency And Technical Progress," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(1), pages 9-42, January.
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