VERs under imperfect competition and foreign direct investment: A case study of the US-Japan auto VER

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-33

  De Melo, Jaime ^b   Tarr, David ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; General equilibrium; VERs, Imperfect competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344265460     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-1425(95)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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