The law of one price and a theory of the firm: A Ricardian perspective on interindustry wages

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-156

  Mehta, Shailendra Raj ^a  

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EID: 0032373995     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555819     Document Type: Article

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