The U-shaped productivity dynamics of french exporters

Review of World Economics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 636-659

  Bellone, Flora ^a   Musso, Patrick ^a   Nesta, Lionel ^b   Quere, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

Export strategy; Firm level data; Firm productivity; France; Learning; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549091582     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-008-0164-x     Document Type: Article

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