Overseas assembly production choices

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 394-403

  Swenson, Deborah L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 25844475961     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byi029     Document Type: Article

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