Cross-Border Flows of People, Technology Diffusion and Aggregate Productivity

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Cross-Border Flows of People, Technology Diffusion and Aggregate Productivity. / Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars; Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck.

Cph. : Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2006.

Publikation: Working paper › Forskning

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Dalgaard, C-JL & Andersen, TB 2006 'Cross-Border Flows of People, Technology Diffusion and Aggregate Productivity' Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Cph.

APA

Dalgaard, C-J. L., & Andersen, T. B. (2006). Cross-Border Flows of People, Technology Diffusion and Aggregate Productivity. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen.

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Dalgaard C-JL, Andersen TB. Cross-Border Flows of People, Technology Diffusion and Aggregate Productivity. Cph.: Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. 2006.

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Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars ; Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck. / Cross-Border Flows of People, Technology Diffusion and Aggregate Productivity. Cph. : Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2006.

Bibtex

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