Determinants of Japan's foreign direct investment: An industry and country panel study, 1984-1998

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-182

  Farrell, Roger ^a   Gaston, Noel ^b   Sturm, Jan Egbert ^c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Country and industry panel estimates; Foreign direct investment; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942631338     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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