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Productivity, returns to scale and the elasticity of factor substitution in the USA apparel industry

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  • Ramcharran, Harri, 2001. "Productivity, returns to scale and the elasticity of factor substitution in the USA apparel industry," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(3), pages 285-291, October.
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    3. Nakano, Satoshi & Nishimura, Kazuhiko, 2018. "Structural propagation in a production network with restoring substitution elasticities," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 512(C), pages 986-999.
    4. Lila J. Truett, 2010. "The Korean Textile Industry: Still Competitive, After All These Years?," Working Papers 0004, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.
    5. Ramcharran, Harri, 2011. "The pharmaceutical industry of Puerto Rico: Ramifications of global competition," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 33(3), pages 395-406, May.
    6. Wong, Tsz-Nga & Yip, Chong K., 2010. "Indeterminacy and the elasticity of substitution in one-sector models," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 623-635, April.
    7. Lila J. Truett & Dale Truett, 2009. "A Bacon of Hope? Another Look at the Italian Textile Industry," Working Papers 0060, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.
    8. Dormady, Noah C. & Rose, Adam & Roa-Henriquez, Alfredo & Morin, C. Blain, 2022. "The cost-effectiveness of economic resilience," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 244(C).
    9. Ramcharran, Harri, 2017. "Bank lending to small business in India: Analyzing productivity and efficiency," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 16-24.

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