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Revisiting Baumol’s Disease: Structural Change, Productivity Slowdown and Income Inequality

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|Dec 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ie-2023-0066 | Journal eISSN: 1613-964X | Journal ISSN: 0020-5346
Language: English
Page range: 320 - 325
Published on: Dec 14, 2023
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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