Multinational enterprises, international trade, and productivity growth: Firm level evidence from the United States

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 821-831

  Keller, Wolfgang ^a   Yeaple, Stephen R ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 70449727487     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.4.821     Document Type: Article

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