Openness and industrial response in a Wal-mart world: A case study of Mexican soaps, detergents and surfactant producers

World Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1558-1580

  Javorcik, Beata ^a   Keller, Wolfgang ^b   Tybout, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DETERGENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

EID: 57449114707     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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