Do foreign firms bring greater total factor productivity to Japan?

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-254

  Fukao, Kyoji ^a   Murakami, Yukako ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Greenfield investment; Japan; M A; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; FIRM OWNERSHIP; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 19944368797     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: 14699648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547860500071519     Document Type: Article

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