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基于这个主题有过一些文献综述,如Cohen and Levin (1989) and Cohen (1995), Baldwin and Scott,1987; Kamien and Schwartz, 1982; Scherer, 1980,最近的综述,如Gilbert (2006)对相关的理论与实证研究做了梳理。因此,作者找到的切入点是,着重讨论那些稳健的实证结论,以及实证方法、解释上存在的问题。