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Endogenous task-based technical change—factor scarcity and factor prices Cover

Endogenous task-based technical change—factor scarcity and factor prices

By: Andreas Irmen  
Open Access
|Jul 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2020.2.6 | Journal eISSN: 2450-0097 | Journal ISSN: 2392-1641
Language: English
Page range: 81 - 118
Submitted on: Feb 29, 2020
Accepted on: Jun 8, 2020
Published on: Jul 4, 2020
Published by: Poznań University of Economics and Business Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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