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Possibility or impossibility of paradoxes in the small country Harris-Todaro framework: a unifying analysis

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  • Marjit, Sugata & Beladi, Hamid, 2003. "Possibility or impossibility of paradoxes in the small country Harris-Todaro framework: a unifying analysis," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(1), pages 379-385, October.
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