Is labor mobility a channel for spillovers from multinationals? evidence from norwegian manufacturing

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 285-297

  Balsvik, Ragnhild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 79952637018     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00061     Document Type: Article

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