Markups and firm-level export status

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2437-2471

  De Loecker, Jan ^a   Warzynski, Frederic ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84867700131     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.6.2437     Document Type: Review

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