Capacity constraints and export performance: Theory and evidence from Belgian manufacturing

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-204

  Bughin, Jacques ^a  

^a Third Summer Sch Europ Economic A   (Italy)

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EID: 0030536653     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2950645     Document Type: Article

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