Labor disputes and the economics of firm geography: A study of domestic investment in India

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 825-854

  Sanyal, Paroma ^a   Menon, Nidhiya ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; LABOR RELATIONS; LEGISLATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 24344436006     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429304     Document Type: Article

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