Local versus global assessment of mobility

International Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1313-1335

  Schluter, Christian ^a   Trede, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 0344549745     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00111     Document Type: Article

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