Exports and firm Characteristics in German manufacturing industries

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Exports and firm Characteristics in German manufacturing industries. / Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2010. (Working paper series in economics; No. 188).

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Wagner, J 2010 'Exports and firm Characteristics in German manufacturing industries' Working paper series in economics, no. 188, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Wagner, J. (2010). Exports and firm Characteristics in German manufacturing industries. (Working paper series in economics; No. 188). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Wagner J. Exports and firm Characteristics in German manufacturing industries. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2010. (Working paper series in economics; 188).

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