Total Factor Productivity in South African Manufacturing Firms
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- Friedrich Kreuser & Carol Newman, 2016. "Total factor productivity in South African manufacturing firms," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-41, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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