Trade liberalization and innovation decisions of firms: Lessons from Post-1980 Turkey

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1443-1458

  Pamukcu, Teoman ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europe; Innovation; Probit model; Technology transfer; Trade liberalization; Turkey

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; MACHINERY; MANUFACTURING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY;

TURKEY;

EID: 0041620449     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00087-1     Document Type: Article

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