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Depression dynamics: a new estimate of the Anglo‐American manufacturing productivity gap in the interwar period

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  • Herman De Jong & Pieter Woltjer, 2011. "Depression dynamics: a new estimate of the Anglo‐American manufacturing productivity gap in the interwar period," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 64(2), pages 472-492, May.
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