The politics and economics of offshore outsourcing

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1027-1056

  Gregory Mankiw, N ^a   Swagel, Phillip ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

2004 presidential election; Offshore outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746788550     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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