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Effect of FDI and Time on Catching Up: New Insights from a Conditional Nonparametric Frontier Analysis

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  • Camilla Mastromarco & Léopold Simar, 2015. "Effect of FDI and Time on Catching Up: New Insights from a Conditional Nonparametric Frontier Analysis," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(5), pages 826-847, August.
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