Developing country exports of manufactures: Moving up the ladder to escape the fallacy of composition?

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-48

  Razmi, Arslan ^a   Blecker, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEVELOPING WORLD; MANUFACTURED EXPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 36049035653     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562570701722113     Document Type: Article

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