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Reacting to Samuelson: Early Development Economics and the Factor-Price Equalization Theorem

Mauro BoianovskyDepartment of Economics, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 631-655 | Received 19 Feb 2020, Accepted 24 Aug 2020, Published online: 03 Nov 2020

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