ENDOGENOUS GROWTH, BACKSTOP TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION, AND OPTIMAL JUMPS
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عنوان ژورنال: Macroeconomic Dynamics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1365-1005,1469-8056
DOI: 10.1017/s1365100510000027