Corporate growth convergence in Europe

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 597-620

  Geroski, Paul ^a   Gugler, Klaus ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH RESPONSE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 6344278441     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpf055     Document Type: Article

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