Credit constraints and exports: A survey of empirical studies using firm level data

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Credit constraints and exports: A survey of empirical studies using firm level data. / Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2013. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; Nr. 287).

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Wagner, J 2013 'Credit constraints and exports: A survey of empirical studies using firm level data' University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics, Nr. 287, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Wagner, J. (2013). Credit constraints and exports: A survey of empirical studies using firm level data. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; Nr. 287). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Wagner J. Credit constraints and exports: A survey of empirical studies using firm level data. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2013. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; 287).

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