Self-selection into export markets by business services firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom

Yama Temouri; Joachim Wagner; Alexander Vogel

Self-selection into export markets by business services firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom

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Self-selection into export markets by business services firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom. / Temouri, Yama; Wagner, Joachim ; Vogel, Alexander.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2010. (Working paper series in economics; No. 183).

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Temouri, Y, Wagner, J & Vogel, A 2010 'Self-selection into export markets by business services firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom' Working paper series in economics, no. 183, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Temouri, Y., Wagner, J., & Vogel, A. (2010). Self-selection into export markets by business services firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom. (Working paper series in economics; No. 183). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Temouri Y, Wagner J , Vogel A. Self-selection into export markets by business services firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2010. (Working paper series in economics; 183).

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