Endogenous sunk costs, flexible manufacturing and the productivity effects of international trade

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-386

  Eckel, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endogenous sunk costs; Flexible manufacturing; International trade; Productivity; Research and development (R D)

Indexed keywords

GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 65449176373     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2009.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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