Multinational firms, location and trade

World Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 733-756

  Markusen, James R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NBER ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LOCATION DECISION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 0032415551     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9701.00161     Document Type: Article

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