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Country size and trade in intermediate goods. / Soo, Kwok Tong.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2016. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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Soo, KT 2016 'Country size and trade in intermediate goods' Economics Working Paper Series, Lancaster University, Department of Economics, Lancaster.

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Soo, K. T. (2016). Country size and trade in intermediate goods. (Economics Working Paper Series). Lancaster University, Department of Economics.

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Soo KT. Country size and trade in intermediate goods. Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics. 2016 Sept. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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Soo, Kwok Tong. / Country size and trade in intermediate goods. Lancaster : Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2016. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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