Share of exports to low-income countries, productivity, and innovation: A replication study with firm-level data from six European countries

Joachim Wagner

Share of exports to low-income countries, productivity, and innovation: A replication study with firm-level data from six European countries

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Share of exports to low-income countries, productivity, and innovation: A replication study with firm-level data from six European countries. / Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2015. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 344).

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Wagner, J 2015 'Share of exports to low-income countries, productivity, and innovation: A replication study with firm-level data from six European countries' University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics, no. 344, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Wagner, J. (2015). Share of exports to low-income countries, productivity, and innovation: A replication study with firm-level data from six European countries. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; No. 344). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Wagner J. Share of exports to low-income countries, productivity, and innovation: A replication study with firm-level data from six European countries. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2015. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; 344).

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