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Investment-specific productivity and the role of imported equipment in Latin America

Jessica Madariagaa Department of Economics, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Norman Maynarda Department of Economics, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA
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Usha Nair-Reichertb Department of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9055-8072
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Pages 1347-1351 | Published online: 14 Oct 2019

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