Armington Meets Melitz: Introducing Firm Heterogeneity in a Global CGE Model of Trade
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Armington Meets Melitz: Introducing Firm Heterogeneity in a Global CGE Model of Trade
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economic Integration
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1225-651X,1976-5525
DOI: 10.11130/jei.2008.23.3.575