Costs, knowledge and market structure: understanding the puzzle of international competitiveness with Greek export data

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 240-269

  Bournakis, Ioannis ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competitiveness; ; economic complexity; exports; ; Greece; knowledge accumulation; knowledge spillovers; manufacturing industries; relative unit labour costs

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVENESS; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

GREECE;

EID: 84890562199     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2013.858669     Document Type: Article

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