Productivity Matters For Trade Policy: Theory And Evidence*

International Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-62

  Karacaovali, Baybars ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951874047     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2010.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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