Trade liberalization and firm productivity: The case of India

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 995-1009

  Topalova, Petia ^a   Khandelwal, Amit ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 78649855108     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00095     Document Type: Article

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