Measuring the Digital Economy
The MIT Press eBooksPublished 29 September 2000
John Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin
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This paper was written while Haltiwanger served as ChiefEconomist of the Census Bureau and any opinions, findings or conclusions expressed here are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the Census Bureau or the Department of Commerce.
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Any opinions, findings or conclusions expressed here are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the Census Bureau or the Department of Commerce. Wethank Frederick T. Knickerbocker and Thomas Mesenbourg for very helpful comments onearlier drafts of this paper. This paper was written while Haltiwanger served as ChiefEconomist of the Census Bureau.
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