Economies in Transition: How Important Is Trade Openness for Growth?

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-314

  Nannicini, Tommaso ^a   Billmeier, Andreas ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Ziff Brothers Investments   (United States)

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EID: 79953328511     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2010.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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