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Labor Productivity and the Cycle

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  • Robert A. Hart
  • J Malley (University of Glasgow)

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  • Robert A. Hart & J Malley (University of Glasgow), 1996. "Labor Productivity and the Cycle," Working Papers 9613, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow.
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