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Equipment investment, output and productivity in China

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Volume (Year): 42 (2012)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
Pages: 181-207

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Handle: RePEc:spr:empeco:v:42:y:2012:i:1:p:181-207
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-010-0418-z
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Keywords: Growth; Equipment investment; Infrastructure; Exports; Human capital; F43; O40; O47; O53;

Find related papers by JEL classification:

  • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
  • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
  • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
  • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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