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Catching up to the European core: Portuguese economic growth, 1910-1990

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  • Lains, Pedro, 2003. "Catching up to the European core: Portuguese economic growth, 1910-1990," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 40(4), pages 369-386, October.
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