Foreign Ownership and Firm Survival: First evidence for enterprises in Germany

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Foreign Ownership and Firm Survival: First evidence for enterprises in Germany. / Wagner, Joachim; Weche Gelübcke, John Philipp.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2011. (Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 221).

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Wagner, J & Weche Gelübcke, JP 2011 'Foreign Ownership and Firm Survival: First evidence for enterprises in Germany' Working Paper Series in Economics, no. 221, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Wagner, J., & Weche Gelübcke, J. P. (2011). Foreign Ownership and Firm Survival: First evidence for enterprises in Germany. (Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 221). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Wagner J, Weche Gelübcke JP. Foreign Ownership and Firm Survival: First evidence for enterprises in Germany. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2011 Dec. (Working Paper Series in Economics; 221).

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