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How foreign investments contribute to economic growth of industrial parks in China: a production-frontier decomposition approach

Barnabé WalheerInternational Business School Suzhou, Xi’An Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 281-285 | Published online: 22 Apr 2018

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