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Domestic Transport Costs and the Location of Export-oriented Manufacturing Firms in South Africa: a Cubic-spline Density Function Approach

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  • W.A. Naudé
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  • Marianne Matthee & W.A. Naudé & W.F. Krugell, 2000. "Domestic Transport Costs and the Location of Export-oriented Manufacturing Firms in South Africa: a Cubic-spline Density Function Approach," Regional and Urban Modeling 283600064, EcoMod.
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