Business groups and product variety in trade: Evidence from South Korea, Taiwan and Japan

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-100

  Feenstra, Robert C ^a   Yang, Tzu Han ^c   Hamilton, Gary G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Business group; Japan; Product variety; South Korea; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKET SYSTEM; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

JAPAN; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033150858     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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