Economic Policy in France and Italy since the War: Different Stances, Different Outcomes? (2001)
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Economic Policy in France and Italy since the War: Different Stances, Different Outcomes? (2001)
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WAS JAPANESE GROWTH EXPORT-LED? (1996)
In three periods of its modern economic history (1913–37, 1952–73, and 1973–90), Japan grew up to twice as rapidly as did other major industrialized countries. The paper investigates whether...
Foreign trade criteria in socialist economies / Andrea Boltho (1971)
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