Misallocation and manufacturing TFP in Ecuador: formal, semi-formal and informal firms

Journal of Economic Structures - Tập 8 Số 1 - 2019
Rafaela Bastidas1, Nicolás Acosta1
1Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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