Unobserved firm heterogeneity and the establishment size: exports nexus: evidence from German panel data

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Unobserved firm heterogeneity and the establishment size: exports nexus: evidence from German panel data. / Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2002. (Arbeitsbericht; No. 257).

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Wagner, J 2002 'Unobserved firm heterogeneity and the establishment size: exports nexus: evidence from German panel data' Arbeitsbericht, no. 257, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Wagner, J. (2002). Unobserved firm heterogeneity and the establishment size: exports nexus: evidence from German panel data. (Arbeitsbericht; No. 257). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Wagner J. Unobserved firm heterogeneity and the establishment size: exports nexus: evidence from German panel data. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2002. (Arbeitsbericht; 257).

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