Exports, foreign direct investment, and productivity: evidence from German firm level data

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Exports, foreign direct investment, and productivity: evidence from German firm level data . / Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2005. (Working paper series in economics; No. 8).

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Wagner, J 2005 'Exports, foreign direct investment, and productivity: evidence from German firm level data ' Working paper series in economics, no. 8, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Wagner, J. (2005). Exports, foreign direct investment, and productivity: evidence from German firm level data . (Working paper series in economics; No. 8). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Wagner J. Exports, foreign direct investment, and productivity: evidence from German firm level data . Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2005. (Working paper series in economics; 8).

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