Locational determinants of Korean manufacturing investments in the European Union

Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-103

  Hong, Sunghoon ^a   Kim, Sangho ^a  

^a Honam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conditional logit model; FDI in the EU; Foreign direct investment; Korean multinationals; Manufacturing location decision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242592424     PISSN: 0018280X     EISSN: 2436097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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