The performance of the foreign-owned sector of UK manufacturing: Some evidence and implications for UK inward investment policy

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 501-521

  Munday, Max ^a   Peel, Michael J ^a   Taylor, Karl ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442654101     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2003.tb00093.x     Document Type: Review

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