Exports and productivity: comparable evidence for 14 countries

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Exports and productivity: comparable evidence for 14 countries. / Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2007. (Working paper series in economics; No. 65).

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Wagner, J 2007 'Exports and productivity: comparable evidence for 14 countries' Working paper series in economics, no. 65, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Wagner, J. (2007). Exports and productivity: comparable evidence for 14 countries. (Working paper series in economics; No. 65). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Wagner J. Exports and productivity: comparable evidence for 14 countries. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2007. (Working paper series in economics; 65).

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