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The International Comparison of Real Product and Productivity

In: The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century

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  • Angus Maddison
  • Bart van Ark

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The rapidly increasing importance of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan both in Asia and in the world economy, represents a trend that is set to continue into the 21st century.

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  • Angus Maddison & Bart van Ark, 2002. "The International Comparison of Real Product and Productivity," Chapters, in: Angus Maddison & D. S. Prasada & William Shepherd (ed.), The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century, chapter 2, pages 5-26, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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