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Imports-as-competitive-discipline: the role of the productivity gap

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  • Daniel Traca, 2002. "Imports-as-competitive-discipline: the role of the productivity gap," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/9233, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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    5. Navas, Antonio, 2010. "La Apertura al Comercio Exterior y sus Efectos sobre la Productividad en Presencia de Diferencias Intersectoriales," Working Papers in Economic Theory 2010/04, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History).
    6. Robert L. Lacy, 2004. "Whither North Carolina furniture manufacturing?," Working Paper 04-07, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
    7. Navas, Antonio, 2012. "Asymmetric trade liberalization, sector heterogeneity and Innovation," Working Papers in Economic Theory 2012/05, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History).
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    9. Helen Shapiro, 2007. "Industrial Policy and Growth," Working Papers 53, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs.
    10. Herrerias, M.J. & Orts, Vicente, 2011. "Imports and growth in China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 28(6), pages 2811-2819.

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