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A U-shaped curve phenomenon of international language on output growth: empirical evidence

Ku-Hsieh ChenDepartment of Applied Economics, National Ilan University, Yilan City, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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To-Yu ChenDepartment of Health and Creative Vegetarian Science, Fo-Guang University, Yilan City, Taiwan
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Hsin-Hui LinDepartment of Applied Economics, National Ilan University, Yilan City, Taiwan
Pages 605-614 | Published online: 10 Mar 2020

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