Exports, Foreign Direct Investments and Productivity: Are Services Firms different?

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Exports, Foreign Direct Investments and Productivity: Are Services Firms different? / Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2011. (Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 215).

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Wagner, J 2011 'Exports, Foreign Direct Investments and Productivity: Are Services Firms different?' Working Paper Series in Economics, no. 215, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Wagner, J. (2011). Exports, Foreign Direct Investments and Productivity: Are Services Firms different? (Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 215). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Wagner J. Exports, Foreign Direct Investments and Productivity: Are Services Firms different? Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2011 Sept. (Working Paper Series in Economics; 215).

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