Integration versus outsourcing in industry equilibrium

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-120

  Grossman, Gene M ^a   Helpman, Elhanan ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0036487687     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355302753399454     Document Type: Article

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