Keiretsu and relationship-specific investment: A barrier to trade?

International Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 871-901

  Spencer, Barbara J ^a   Qiu, Larry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0345859462     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.00138     Document Type: Article

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