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The Productivity and Wage Effects of Foreign Acquisition in the United Kingdom. / Conyon, Martin; Girma, S; Thompson, S et al.
In: Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 50, No. 1, 03.2002, p. 85-102.

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Conyon, M, Girma, S, Thompson, S & Wright, P 2002, 'The Productivity and Wage Effects of Foreign Acquisition in the United Kingdom', Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 85-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6451.00169

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Conyon, M., Girma, S., Thompson, S., & Wright, P. (2002). The Productivity and Wage Effects of Foreign Acquisition in the United Kingdom. Journal of Industrial Economics, 50(1), 85-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6451.00169

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Conyon M, Girma S, Thompson S, Wright P. The Productivity and Wage Effects of Foreign Acquisition in the United Kingdom. Journal of Industrial Economics. 2002 Mar;50(1):85-102. doi: 10.1111/1467-6451.00169

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Conyon, Martin ; Girma, S ; Thompson, S et al. / The Productivity and Wage Effects of Foreign Acquisition in the United Kingdom. In: Journal of Industrial Economics. 2002 ; Vol. 50, No. 1. pp. 85-102.

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