Foreign Ownership and the Extensive Margins of Exports: Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany

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Foreign Ownership and the Extensive Margins of Exports: Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany. / Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2013. (University of Lüneburg Working Papers in Economics; Vol. 2013, No. 277).

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Raff, H & Wagner, J 2013 'Foreign Ownership and the Extensive Margins of Exports: Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany' University of Lüneburg Working Papers in Economics, no. 277, vol. 2013, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Raff, H., & Wagner, J. (2013). Foreign Ownership and the Extensive Margins of Exports: Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany. (University of Lüneburg Working Papers in Economics; Vol. 2013, No. 277). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Raff H, Wagner J. Foreign Ownership and the Extensive Margins of Exports: Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2013. (University of Lüneburg Working Papers in Economics; 277).

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