Exports and productivity in the German business services sector: first evidence from the turnover tax statistics panel

Alexander Vogel

Exports and productivity in the German business services sector: first evidence from the turnover tax statistics panel

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Exports and productivity in the German business services sector: first evidence from the turnover tax statistics panel. / Vogel, Alexander.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2008. (Working paper series in economics; No. 89).

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