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Trade integration and business cycle convergence: is the relation robust across time and space?

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Trade integration and business cycle convergence: is the relation robust across time and space? / Abbott, Andrew James; Easaw, Joshy; Xing, Tao.
In: The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 110, No. 2, 01.06.2008, p. 403-417.

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Abbott AJ, Easaw J, Xing T. Trade integration and business cycle convergence: is the relation robust across time and space? The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 2008 Jun 1;110(2):403-417. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00539.x

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Abbott, Andrew James ; Easaw, Joshy ; Xing, Tao. / Trade integration and business cycle convergence : is the relation robust across time and space?. In: The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 2008 ; Vol. 110, No. 2. pp. 403-417.

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