Subsidies and exports in Germany: first evidence from enterprise panel data

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Subsidies and exports in Germany: first evidence from enterprise panel data. / Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2009. (Working paper series in economics; No. 117).

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Girma, S, Görg, H & Wagner, J 2009 'Subsidies and exports in Germany: first evidence from enterprise panel data' Working paper series in economics, no. 117, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Girma, S., Görg, H., & Wagner, J. (2009). Subsidies and exports in Germany: first evidence from enterprise panel data. (Working paper series in economics; No. 117). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Girma S, Görg H, Wagner J. Subsidies and exports in Germany: first evidence from enterprise panel data. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2009. (Working paper series in economics; 117).

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