Marginal Intra-Industry Trade : Measurement and Relevance for the Pattern of Industrial Adjustment
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Remark: I am grateful to Dermot McAleese, Trinity College Dublin, for valuable comments on an earlier draft. All errors are my sole responsibility.
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