Engines of Growth: The Productivity Advance of Indian Railways, 1874–1912

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  2013

• Venue

  Journal Economic History

• Publication date

  2013-05-23

• Fields of study

  Engineering, Economics, History

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  DOI 10.1017/S0022050713000296
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