The effect of foreign acquisitions on total factor productivity: Plant-level evidence from U.K. Manufacturing, 1987-1992

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 562-568

  Harris, Richard ^a   Robinson, Catherine ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036022605     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465302320259556     Document Type: Article

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