Productivity improvements and falling trade costs: Boon or bane?

International Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1437-1462

  Demidova, Svetlana ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 54249158424     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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