How global are global value chains? A new approach to measure international fragmentation

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-92

  Los, Bart ^a   Timmer, Marcel P ^a   de Vries, Gaaitzen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84920900493     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12121     Document Type: Article

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