International competitiveness, relative wages, and the balance-of-payments constraint

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 495-526

  Blecker, Robert A ^a  

^a ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0032383139     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01603477.1998.11490166     Document Type: Article

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