Multiproduct Firms, Firm Dynamics, and the Productive Mix of Brazilian Manufacturing Firms
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عنوان ژورنال: Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo)
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1980-5357,0101-4161
DOI: 10.1590/0101-41614831jam