Multinational enterprises and wage costs: Vertical FDI revisited

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 446-470

  Braconier, Henrik ^a   Norbäck, Pehr Johan ^b   Urban, Dieter ^c  

^a Natl Institute of Economic Research   (Sweden)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

FDI; Multinational firms; Skilled wage cost premium

Indexed keywords

COST; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; WAGE;

EID: 28044441667     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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