Exporting, Productivity and Agglomeration: A Difference in Difference Analysis of Matched Firms
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The authors acknowledge helpful comments from Chris Alexander and Catherine Gingell as well as feedback from presentations at the University of Lausanne and the European Trade Study Group Annual Conference in Madrid. Financial support from the Leverhulme Trust under Programme Grant F114/BF is also gratefully acknowledged.
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