Exports and productivity growth: first evidence from a continuous treatment approach

Helmut Fryges; Joachim Wagner

Exports and productivity growth: first evidence from a continuous treatment approach

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Exports and productivity growth: first evidence from a continuous treatment approach. / Fryges, Helmut ; Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2007. (Working paper series in economics; No. 49).

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Fryges, H & Wagner, J 2007 'Exports and productivity growth: first evidence from a continuous treatment approach' Working paper series in economics, no. 49, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Fryges, H., & Wagner, J. (2007). Exports and productivity growth: first evidence from a continuous treatment approach. (Working paper series in economics; No. 49). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Fryges H , Wagner J. Exports and productivity growth: first evidence from a continuous treatment approach. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2007. (Working paper series in economics; 49).

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