Quality, trade, and growth

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-291

  Fan, C Simon ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Extent of the market; Growth; Heterogeneity of human capital; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544328464     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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