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INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND GROWTH: An Overview From The Perspective of the New Growth Theory

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Terry Roe and Hamid Mohtadi

Presented at AAEA Annual Meeting Post-conference Workshop: Learning Workshop: New Growth Theory and Applications in Agricultural and Rural Economics Nashville, Tennessee, Renaissance Hotel, August 11, 1999.

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