Trade liberalization and markup dispersion: Evidence from China's WTO accession

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 221-253

  Lu, Yi ^a   Yu, Linhui ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84945191565     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.20140350     Document Type: Article

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