Import competition, productivity, and restructuring in UK manufacturing

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-408

  Criscuolo, Chiara ^a   Haskel, Jonathan ^b   Martin, Ralf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 8644268103     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grh023     Document Type: Article

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