Informational aspects of foreign direct investment and the multinational firm

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Bagwell, Kyle ^a   Staiger, Robert W ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Multinational firm; Plant location; Production cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037252989     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-1425(02)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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