An Empirical Assessment of the Proximity-Concentration Trade-off between Multinational Sales and Trade

American Economic Review

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 520-544

  Lael Brainard, S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES; TRADE RESTRICTION;

EID: 0031401502     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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