Spillovers, foreign investment, and export behavior

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 103-132

  Aitken, Brian ^a   Hanson, Gordon H ^b,d   Harrison, Ann E ^c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Export production; Geographic concentration of industry; Multinational enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006479105     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(96)01464-X     Document Type: Article

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