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Upgrading and relative competitiveness in manufacturing trade: Eastern europe versus the newly industrializing economies

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Hoen, H.W., van Leeuwen, E.H. Upgrading and relative competitiveness in manufacturing trade: Eastern europe versus the newly industrializing economies. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 127, 368–379 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02707992

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