Structural change and the growth contribution of services: how motion pictures industrialized US spectator entertainment
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- N0 - Economic History - - General
- B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925
- O51 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - U.S.; Canada
- L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media
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