Credit constraints and exports: Evidence for German manufacturing enterprises

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Credit constraints and exports: Evidence for German manufacturing enterprises. / Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2012. (Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 251).

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Wagner, J 2012 'Credit constraints and exports: Evidence for German manufacturing enterprises' Working Paper Series in Economics, no. 251, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Wagner, J. (2012). Credit constraints and exports: Evidence for German manufacturing enterprises. (Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 251). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Wagner J. Credit constraints and exports: Evidence for German manufacturing enterprises. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2012. (Working Paper Series in Economics; 251).

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