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Multi-Sector Nonparametric Production-Frontier Analysis of the Economic Growth and the Convergence of the European Countries

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  • Barnabé Walheer, 2016. "Multi-Sector Nonparametric Production-Frontier Analysis of the Economic Growth and the Convergence of the European Countries," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 21(4), pages 498-524, October.
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